I have lately been in an unusually experimental mood. One of the main reasons for this is my renewed fascination with research which has encouraged a resurgence of the 'curious character' in me - which, by the way, is also behind the continuing lull in updates on this blog. Anyway, it has always seemed fascinating [...]
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Then take me disappearin’ through the smoke rings of my mind, Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves, The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach, Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow. Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free, Silhouetted by the sea, [...]
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What?
I realize that I have not written in almost a month. And I can almost not form coherent sentences already. I have even started finding it hard to finish se. And as far as proper, to the point sentences and understandable, well knit ideas are concerned - ideas which require neither grammatical dexterity and verbal [...]
I'm sorry Mr. Kone
So I got the following mail today (copied here as is), --------------- Dear friend, My name is (MR Emmanuel Kone) i am the manager of auditing and accounting department Bank of African, I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of ($10.5m us dollars immediately to your acocunt. upon your reply I will send [...]
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The Harlot's House
We caught the tread of dancing feet, We loitered down the moonlit street, And stopped beneath the harlot's house. Inside, above the din and fray, We heard the loud musicians play The "Treues Liebes Herz" of Strauss. Like strange mechanical grotesques, Making fantastic arabesques, The shadows raced across the blind. We watched the ghostly dancers [...]
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Nabokov on Dostoevski
"My position in regards to Dostoevski is a curious and difficult one. In all my courses I approach literature from the only point of view that literature interests me - namely the point of view of enduring art and individual genius. From this point of view Dostoevski is not a great writer, but rather a [...]
Encomicum
It has happened to me more than once that upon asking someone from South India (collectively, humurosly, lovingly, and perhaps inappropriately known as Madrasi to Northies) about his childhood remembrances of the glories of such great men as Super Commando Dhruva, I was met with a gaping mouth, a confused gaze, and a general stammer [...]
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Orwell on subversion
George Orwell in 'The art of Donald Mcgill' talks about the innocence of subversion and how it is one of the essential characteristics of human beings. The following paragraph is taken from his essay where he is musing about the necessity and the origin of the dichotomy of 'Sancho Panza and Don Quixote', 'Jeeves and [...]
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