Is the NEP about old mind-sets in new bodies?
Some thinkers believe that reports and recommendations invariably remain what they are if unaccompanied by the micro-details of strategic implementation maneuvers. A bit higher in the hierarchy of proposed actions and actionable steps is the wave theory of political will of the powers, the calculus of economic certainties and uncertainties, the gravitational laws pervading in...
We are not living in violent and depraved times
Villainy and violence are quite intimidating and generally do no good to any sort of development anywhere except being a sporadic inspiration for stand-up comedians, mimicry artists, and doodlers on the net. When I commanded Google to fetch for me pictures or images of villains of Bollywood, it surprised me by putting in the US...
Of printing, print-runs, and literacy
‘You can’t have an industrial revolution, you can’t have democracies, and you can’t have populations who can govern themselves until you have literacy. The printing press simply unlocked literacy,’ wrote Howard Rheingold and even in 2017 the role of the printing press remains just as crucial as it was when the first Bible was printed....
Love and a bridge called literacy
He was silent but his eyes spoke well – And more than any verbose spell! She let the couplet she had written on him reverberate in her mind until her entire being was swept by a massive orgasmic tsunami of emotions. He had not spoken a word and yet had professed his love for her....
