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Comment on Speaking Volumes: The contested ground of Anandamath by abheekgupta

abheekgupta — Tue, 14 May 2013 06:55:35 +0000

Reblogged this on Words from my diary and commented: Add your thoughtWas Shafique-ur-Rehman Barq, BSP member of Parliament, justified in walking out during the singing of the National Song? Nilanjana Roy digs into Bamkimchandra's Ananda Math, whence the Song has been taken and discusses how it was incorporated as the National Song by our leaders. There is a difference between the National Anthem and the National Song, and they their treatment can be differed. Nilanjana Roy expresses the difference in a meticulous way considering all the dynamics of the equation. A must read for an enlightened view of how to look at these situations, and not create an useless chaos by interpretting things from an obnoxiously one-sided religion-based perceptive.s here... (optional)

Comment on Speaking Volumes: The contested ground of Anandamath by abheekgupta

abheekgupta — Tue, 14 May 2013 06:54:14 +0000

It speaks Volumes!!!!

Comment on Speaking Volumes: A is for Apple: what college won’t teach you by aditi raychoudhury

aditi raychoudhury — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:45:09 +0000

I have to disagree – I, in my many years now, in the US – have met students from all over the world – while the Indian education system may lack some of the “creative” encouragement that Nilanjana laments about – Indian students and professionals are incredibly competent – in fact, I have yet to come across an incompetent Indian professional – be it A salesman at a grocery store, or in a more professional setting – I think Indians are incredibly good at thinking on their feet. Indian entrepreneurs – yes, those very same engineers , whose lack of creativity , Nilanjana, laments about, have founded a gazillion successful companies, both in India and abroad – if that’s not creativity at work, I don’t know what is. In a recent list of the top 10 eLearning companies, 3 were from India! There is always room to improve, but our Indian education system is definitely doing something right in fostering rigor of thought and creativity.

Comment on Speaking Volumes: A is for Apple: what college won’t teach you by Beaza&Llama

Beaza&Llama — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:39:21 +0000

How beautifully written and how true!

Comment on The Gospel of Twitter, In Seven Tweets by sarah toa

sarah toa — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:30:13 +0000

If thou art not a tweeter, thou art far from the maddening crowd.
(I’ve just joined up and find it the most bizarre cacophony :~)

Comment on Achebe and the war of stories by achalaupendran

achalaupendran — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 05:52:25 +0000

To be completely honest, I did not think Achebe’s writing itself was all that wonderful (but then again, I was introduced to it as an ungrateful student in an over-priviliged, elitist environment). I appreciate, however, his contribution to literature in that he brought light to bear (oh nom here come the hackneyed heart of darkness references!) on a part of the world that the English speaking community was not entirely familiar with. I suppose pioneers are always condemned, on some level, for the simplicity of the tools they use to create the roads that others will travel down later, in swankier cars.

Comment on Wave: Writing about the unimaginable by Naomi Baltuck

Naomi Baltuck — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 06:44:33 +0000

Heart wrenching.

Comment on Wave: Writing about the unimaginable by The Wanderlust Gene

The Wanderlust Gene — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 06:17:40 +0000

Reblogged this on The Wanderlust Gene and commented: Nilanjana Roy's review of Wave - the story of death, survival and grief - propels me to the bookstore. Nobody needs to know the depth of emotional horror Sonali Deraniyagala has experienced, yet through her journey we can understand a little more of the human condition. The power of books.

Comment on Reading the word of God by Madhu

Madhu — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 08:23:29 +0000

Fascinating! But convincing the ordinary person – aren’t there people who still believe in the Adam & Eve story? – will be the challenge

Comment on Reading the word of God by rahconteur

rahconteur — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 05:33:43 +0000

Reblogged this on Rahul Karmakar's Blog and commented: Religiously in perspective...