Remember the slam books we used to fill during school days? Every other student used to possess one! One of the most exciting questions in those books used to be- “What do you hate the most?” A very common answer we used to happily give was ‘hypocrisy!’. But, isn’t hypocrisy an attribute prevalent in all humans? We say something and do quite the opposite, sometimes without even realising it! Continue reading
Category Archives: Philosophy
Words and thoughts
Do words create thoughts, or thoughts create words? Can we think without words? Are our thoughts constrained by the language we think in? Can we explore newer dimensions of our thought process, just by thinking in a different language? These are some really difficult questions! Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Technology
Eleutheromaniac
I recently realized that I too suffer from a mania- “Eleutheromania”. What does that mean? It means a frantic zeal for freedom, an urge to be free! To get deeper into this self-analysis, I asked myself the very meaning of the word- ‘freedom’. Freedom does not give me the permission to harm others. But at the same time, it gives me the guts to break the shackles that inhibit me from doing what I know is right, stand up on my own feet and break free! Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Philosophy
The democratic Internet and extremism
Although Internet is supposedly ‘democratic’ but it has some drawbacks as well. People tend to be more extremist on the net than they are in real life. A radical hindutva dude who wants to destroy Pakistan on the net, in the real world, meekly stays away from the smallest of disputes! The major reason for this is the anonymity that the internet gives to them. They get power without responsibility, and can say whatever they want without the fear of consequences. Isn’t this the greatest drawback of democracy? Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Technology
Anatomy of a leader
There are 3 basic qualities that differentiate humans from animals. Firstly, human beings imagine. All the philosophy, art, religions, caste, society, wars and cookery books are its byproduct. You reading this article and trying to smile is also a consequence. Secondly, humans are forgetful. This is one of his biggest qualities. This is the reason humans live longer than most animals of its calibre. Third and most importantly, humans are lazy. Animals will either die of hunger or become prey of other animals if they resort to laziness. Humans don’t mind a pizza delivery boy 🙂 Continue reading
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सौरभ राय | Sourav Roy 