"You are in the best *** school of the country" is the most frequent starting line in this university, when the key guys address their flock of sheep students (I am attending a university for a master degree in public policy. This is my second masters.). I wonder if boys and girls also use some … Continue reading The best blah blee of the country
Tag: Reflection
Man’s search
This month feels as though an overloaded truck of lessons has just showed up in my life and unloading its cargo at the doorstep. There is a speed at which events happen and the days vaporize. Somewhere in between school, work and university lies the meaning of it all, I’d like to think. But what … Continue reading Man’s search
Roundup 2014
End of the year reflections are a moment to look back at the trail again. Writing suffered in the second half of 2014. This has been an overriding concern. But at its cost I could give a start to my teaching career.
Insights at the edge
A recent trip to Bhutan only affirms how amazingly insular one can be. A world of possibilities exist, unfold and play themselves across the world yet we seem to believe that the world order as we know it is the only one which works. This was the a strand of thought as I spent my … Continue reading Insights at the edge
Categories of Art (1) – Primitive, Classical, Vernacular, Modern, Contemporary and More
Categories of Art is a 6 months course in arts that I begin this month. My earlier training is in biotechnology and that has always left me feeling a bit deficient in my understanding of arts. This course as I see it might help me in identifying and articulating my perception and experience of art … Continue reading Categories of Art (1) – Primitive, Classical, Vernacular, Modern, Contemporary and More
Contested Realities 