Riots are essentially modern and urban in nature. Historically, even in the worst riots, such as the ones post Babri, rural India was mostly quiet. Have you wondered, why it is so? This can be explained using clash of identities theory. Indians carry several identities, like religion and caste. Every once in a while these identities clash, leading to mass violence, especially when political leaders play identity based politics. Continue reading
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Philosophy of riots
Posted in Philosophy, Politics
Higgs Boson or God Particle?
As science is getting bigger, a small particle is becoming big news. Scientists claim that they are very close to the discovery of the fabled Higgs Boson (or as some say, God particle). Their experiments at the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva is boiling down on the particle believed to be the fabric of the universe. Well, a great part of this can be attributed to Satyendra Nath Bose, the man after whom Boson was named! Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Philosophy, Technology
The artists of cricket!
There are moments when a person is reborn. There are moments of sheer pride. Then, there are moments when one feels the immense joy of being. Recognition and opinions do not matter as such moments have honesty written all over them. Rahul Dravid, in a recent spellbinding speech in the Bradman Oration ceremony, spoke of such moments. It gave us a glimpse of the thought process of a man who has given Indian cricket so much to treasure. Althouh I will highly recommend you watch the entire speech, what I found most fascinating was the way Dravid concluded- Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Philosophy, Sports
The inception of Seven Samurai
Historically, Japanese cinema has heavily dealt with the dilemma of a person entrapped between love and duty. Many Japanese directors like Ito, Itami, Yamanaka, Mizo and Kobayashi have dealt with this theory in a historic backdrop. Well, Kurosawa goes a level deeper in Seven Samurai and conveys to us that there never was such a contest. The contest is indeed, between the real and the pretended. Kurosawa delights in resenting the pretended- that is, the illusion, and delights in revealing it as illusion. Continue reading
Posted in Film, Philosophy
Lessons to learn from the Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal is undoubtedly, the most magnificent mausoleum on earth. It indeed is one of the greatest wonders on earth. But history cannot deny the fact that the Taj Mahal is magnificently useless. Taj Mahal shows all that had gone wrong with the Mughal rulers. Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Philosophy, Politics
सौरभ राय | Sourav Roy 