Can philosophy shoulder the burdens of the world? Yes, ideas shape the world! How to understand the world?To understand the world,you have to have a philosophy! No philosophy,no world!Yes,as simple as that! But it took 2,000 or more years to reach that conclusion! How to judge the present situation of the world? Optimistic? Or, pessimistic? …
An open letter to the Prime Minister of India
“Tagore’s University in progressive decline!” “Please do something to save the institution!” Visiting Calcutta and Santiniketan After 20 long years! The plane approaches Dum Dum almost without any sign of the great city down below. Once you are out of the airport, you notice again all the relics of a bygone era, the dust-laden grime,…
Sir Isiah Berlin
Sir Isiah Berlin in my time was professor of Political and Social Theory and a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. I attended his lectures regularly and became much influenced by his way of thinking and arguments. Sir Berlin was for longtime attached to New College and I used to see him often in…
Letter to Mrs.Sonia Gandhi
Bangalore Date : 06.01.2007 Mrs.Sonia Gandhi, President, Indian National Congress, 10, Jan Path, New Delhi-1100001 Dear Mrs.Gandhi, Sub: Indian National Congress-122 year celebration-regarding I take this opportunity of sending you the greetings on the occasion of the 122 years celebration of the Party, that took place at the AICC headquarters. My thoughts ranged far and…
Letter to Sri Ashokamitran
Bangalore Date : 29.01.2007 Sri Ashokamitran, Flat-A, 1A, 9th cross Avenue, Dandeeswaram, Velachery Chennai-600 042 Ph 22432703 Dear Sri Ashokamitran, Thank you for your prompt reply. That is unusual for Tamil writers, it seems! No one bothers these days to even acknowledge even when you take the trouble of sending them your highly prized and …
Letter to Mrs.Reena Ganguly
Mrs.Reena Ganguly, Andrewspalli, Santiniketan, West Bengal Phone:O3463- 264944 Dear friend, It is quite a long time since I sat down to write a letter to you. Hope you are all fine. Now, just yesterday evening Kartik put your photo along with Kushi on my Internet site (www.v.isvarmurti.com)you can see there. The site is now being…
Letter to the President of India
His Excellency A.P.J.Abdul Kalam, Rashtrapathi Bhavan, New Delhi Dear Your Excellency, Subject: Promoting Indian talent, recognising great individuals I take this opportunity of writing to you, once again, on a subject that has been agitating my mind for long and I am sure that would be equally agitating some of our fellow countrymen and women….
Politics is pragmatism, at best
Economics is not everything, of course! New Chief Ministers, new mindsets? Yes, there is still a long way to go to ensure fast economic growth and reach critical human development indices. There is still a visible urban bias and a rural neglect. There now new Chief Ministers, after the new elections and of course are…