Revolutions
Mere slogans go round in circles, it’s true Do such revolutions lead to anything new? . . . . . . Arvind Passey 28 April 2016
Between the future and the past
Yes, we’re somewhere between the future and the past. We are no longer madly in love with democracy and yet we do not know what else to adopt or where to go. Democracy has been here for years and trumpeted its case against other known forms of governing rather well… and this is why these...
Do we really want a revolution in education?
Revolution is a confused word. It defines itself as ‘a dramatic and wide-reaching change in the way something works or is organized or in people’s ideas about it’ and then turns around to stare at me as it redefines itself as ‘motion in orbit or a circular course or around an axis or center’. One...
Is it really the end of corrupt times?
Corruption was ambling along so well. If there were cops asking for bribes, there were people willing to offer them for either getting away from being punished or for getting a favour that wouldn’t have been there. There was bonhomie all around. One was either giving money with a smile or receiving it with a...
Stop revolving. Create a revolution!
[News – Radhika murder: Passers-by and DU students watched like spectators] Me and my wife on a walk By the river Ouse in York Saw a man with large sad eyes And a neck that touched the skies – Ambling with a lot of pride Was a dachshund by his side. So similar, so strikingly...
Weaving a Revolution through Blogs, Micro-blogs, & Gandhi
Do you really know what happened in Egypt? Was there a revolution or just a premature revelation of a stressed-out response? Was it the impending fear of a massive blood-bath that made Hosni Mubarak give up? Were blogging and micro-blogging the real heroes? Did Gandhian principles once again rise and conquer? Or is it...
An astronomer’s definition of relationships
time dictates every revolution every direction to make seasons and reasons! time dictates movements that give birth to moments that become immortal! time dictates the distances that demand spaces to contract or retract! or is it revolutions, movements, and spaces that allow themselves to rhyme with time? [Arvind Passey] [2007]
