Be the change. CSM is not sure Gandhi said it, but the line, as he points out, is becoming quite popular thanks to Barack Obama:
obama massively popularised “be the change”.
the quotations page says that gandhi said – “You must be the change you want to see in the world.”
there are many websites with BTC fundas.
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‘Quality’ and Inclusion
Published by October 12th, 2009 in Adivasi, Caste, Dalit, Education, Politics, Prejudice and Theory. 0 CommentsRama ponders on ‘Quality’ and its western / imperial / colonial, or Brahminical / Manuvadi biases. Very interesting post.
The sociologist, Andre Beteille, delivered a lecture in Calcutta in March which I attended.
He touched upon academic quality versus inclusion (e.g. through reservation or affirmative action), and said quality need not be compromised. At the end of [...]
Prithvi opines that the State is withdrawing in West Bengal:
This is reflected in the conditions leading to the Shalboni attacks on the CM’s cavalcade: while the government did nothing for years to counter Maoist infiltration into Lalgarh and the surrounding areas, it reacted with brutal, and terrorising, force against local tribals following the incident. The [...]
Lohia and the ‘People’s Movement Left’
Published by June 18th, 2009 in Activism, Capitalism, Caste, Democracy, Development, Economy, History, Politics, Science & Technology and Theory. 0 CommentsAmit Basole evaluates Lohia in a ‘time of crisis’ in the Indian left movements:
Along with the question of Eurocentrism, the question of the type of economic development was Lohia’s most fundamental theoretical challenge to Marxism. Marxists have been by and large unwilling to confront the possibility that industrialism and not capitalism may be the primary [...]
‘So why do women like Shahrukh Khan?’
Published by May 28th, 2009 in Cinema, Society, Theory and Women. 15 CommentsIndian Home Maker tries to answer that:
Simi Garewal like many of us believes that Mamta Banerji, Kiran Bedi, my maid who dragged her neighbour off the water tanker with his hair, my other maid who has been thrown out of her house, Mayawati, my grandmother who read Ramayana every morning, Sushma Swaraj, Sonia Gandhi, Pooja [...]
Literate city
Published by April 22nd, 2009 in Books, Culture, Law and order, Theory and Violence. 0 CommentsAn interesting argument at Rama’s blog- Rama’s friends react to a recent Amartya Sen theory that more book lovers means less crime in Kolkata:
To start with … there are crimes and crimes, various nuances and shades. If burglaries, rape and murder are cognizable crimes, what about nursing-home doctors fleecing their patients and botching up operations [...]
The Stockholm syndrome, a.k.a. arranged marriage
Published by January 2nd, 2009 in Humour, Personal and Theory. 0 CommentsThe Analyst draws the analogy (sorry couldn’t resist the pun :) ):
Two virtual strangers are bounded by lifelong bond of holy matrimony. This bond is governed by a two way stockholm and after the kids are born, they are part of that equation. The husband and wife are both captives and captors in this bond. [...]
The Esteemed Soul and I share a work space so there is no way whatsoever of avoiding each other. She tends to have a problem with everything. Why is she wearing orange? Why is the AC making the floor so cold? Why is boss late? Why is boss early? Why is there so much traffic [...]
Changing ideas
Published by November 25th, 2008 in Books, Capitalism, Development, Economy and Theory. 0 CommentsAruna Srinivasan shares her views on two recently published books:
Continuing my reflection on which “ism” is actually good – (refer to my previous post on 30th September 08 ) I came across two different perspectives in the past few days. One is Booker Prize winner Arvind Adiga’s Fiction “White Tiger,” and the other a forthcoming [...]
Subhanil advocates a return to Keynesian spending by the government to stimulate demand:
The question that naturally arises is how to overcome the problem of slow down in the Indian economy. It has been already seen that both the debt financed consumption as well as the external sector currently is not being able to boost the [...]
Equality, Equality of Outcome, Equality of Opportunity
Published by August 30th, 2007 in Dalit, India and Theory. 1 CommentRefractor examines certain ideas espoused in a recent Chandra Bhan Prasad article:
The only social logic available to untouchables is that they have to live with inequality and live at the mercy of Mai Baap upper castes. Here in fact CBP is admitting the strength of caste system. The caste system seems to be impenetrable. [...]
Kerala is now a ‘middle class society’ says B.R.P.Bhaskar who is surprised that ‘many people discuss contemporary political and economic developments without understanding this’:
If these figures are correct, those engaged in agriculture and industry do not add up to even five million. In other words, less than a quarter of the work force of 20 [...]
Maverick believes ‘trade’ in nuclear technology is mostly about economics:
This is how I see it.
The NSG and others like it are a technology control cartel. The IAEA is a forum for airing views or exchanging on how the cartel should function most efficiently. The functioning of the cartel is dictated by the rules of economics [...]
Aaditeshwar Seth thinks ’social entrepreneurs’ are Sisyphus-like:
They are the people who work with social development organizations for your good — not for their own, but for the good of others. They are the people who help educate the illiterate, who help the poor fend for themselves, who try to convince the governments to do something [...]
Aradhana D may visit ‘Marxism 2007: A Festival of Resistance is a four day conference of over fifty workshops, artistic displays and performances’ in Toronto:
Okay, to be completely honest – I went to this conference two years ago and was extremely disappointed by MOST (not ALL) of the presentations. I might try it out this [...]
Conspiracy theories are very popular because of the sense of intrigue they generate. In fact, one of my favourite comic strips talks about them today. As the comic says, some of them are true and quite a few of them have some element of truth in them. The recent expose of Vanzara centred fake encounter [...]
Kesav explains:
On the communitarian view, democracy requires that individuals embody the virtues that make them capable of the true freedom of self-government, and that these virtues can be properly nurtured only within the context of a proper community. Therefore, the state in a democratic society must undertake the project of forming its citizens’ characters by [...]
What Your Blog Tells About You!
Published by April 7th, 2007 in Blogging, India and Theory. 0 CommentsSudipta attends a lecture about blogs by Dr. Scott Nowson from the Centre for Lanugage Technologies at Macquaire University in Australia and finds out the answer (or at least parts of it).
Blog A has written of the various methods which people have suggested that children be taught, or learn. The post, being only an introduction, merely touches the surface of the various strands of thought- from Rousseau to Neill and Holt. (For instance, the book that he cites by Holt is How Children Fail. This was [...]
His ordinary moustache indicates his complete identification with the ordinary Indian peasant and workmen. But for his moustache, he could never aspire to become the Mahatma Gandhi that we all know of now.
Ajith gives Gandhi’s moustache some serious thought.
Is Conciousness a preordained structure?
Published by October 28th, 2006 in India and Theory. 0 CommentsMadhur compares the ‘liberal humanist’ approach with the structuralist, as he reads French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan:
i like the nested paradox though, Barthes writing an essay titled ‘death of an author’ which claims that no piece of text can be attributed to it’s immediate author, almost like an Escher painting.
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