Facts vs Opinions

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Which is more important, a fact or an opinion on any given subject? It might be tempting to say the fact. But not so fast… Lately, we find ourselves lamenting…

Free Thought and Official Propaganda

53 mins read

“We must believe before we can doubt, and doubt before we can deny,” W.H. Auden observed in his commonplace book. Half a century earlier, Bertrand Russell (May 18, 1872–February 2, 1970), the great poet…

Albert Camus : His Philosophy

14 mins read

Albert Camus was an extremely handsome, mid 20th century French Algerian philosopher and writer whose claim to our attention is based on three novels: The Outsider, The Plague, The Fall…

Intimacy

1 min read

True Intimacy simply cannot be rushed. It’s not a romp in the sack. It’s a slow baring of the soul. It comes haltingly with time, between the shy synapses of…

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The Will to Doubt

19 mins read

“The protection of minorities is vitally important; and even the most orthodox of us may find himself in a minority some day, so that we all have an interest in…

Ancient Indian Philosophy

55 mins read

Books have been published by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting as a part of a series called Cultural Leaders of India. The object of the series is to offer the general…