The Guardian columnist Marina Hyde writes in her column of June 13, “… this is what spending too much time on social media does to you! It makes you feel like you’re being productive, and important, and “not complicit” in whatever you’ve just farted out a couple of hundred characters on. …” Of course, she …
Aman ki Asha (Hope for Peace)
“Men who never get carried away should be” is a quote attributed to Malcolm Forbes, the owner-publisher of Forbes magazine. On the other hand, the Buddha suggested “If a man going down into a river, swollen and swiftly flowing, is carried away by the current — how can he help others across?” Faced with making …
‘How do we live in this terrible world?’
The title of my blog is extracted from a column dated December 20 by Jonathan Freedland, a columnist and the host of The Guardian, UK’s Politics Weekly America podcast. Although himself an active source of quality news and insightful comments, he suggests that people could start living by reducing “social media consumption” and “overexposure to …
Bulleh Shah’s Kafi: A Reflection on Chaotic Times
Current events remind me of a very popular kafi (verse, from Arabic lit. Qafiya – rhyming pattern) by the 17th century Sufi philosopher poet Bullah Shah (or, Bulle Shah) – Ultey Hor Zamaane aaye ('Chaotic Times Are Here’): Ulṭey hor zamaaney aaye Taan mein bhed sajan de paayePerverse (topsy-turvy) times are upon us Revealing the …
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