Thought PeckingWhat Would Have Happened if Einstein Had Discovered Something in the Field of Religion, Instead of…Remembered as a seminal philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, political activist, and noble laureate, the scholarly British…Feb 20, 20191Feb 20, 20191
Thought PeckingWhy the East, Despite Their Ancient Wisdom, Remained Unprogressive in the Modern Age While Europe…One always wonders why eastern countries like China and India, despite being known for their ancient wisdom, remained underdeveloped in…Feb 20, 2019Feb 20, 2019
Thought PeckingMill on Socrates, Marcus Aurelius and, Persecution of Dissent; Truth as a Prerogative of the…In his fascinating essay “On Liberty”, in a discussion on traditionally how heretical opinions were persecuted by putting the heretics to…Feb 20, 2019Feb 20, 2019
Thought PeckingSaints Should Always Be Judged Guilty Until They Are Proved Innocent: Orwell on Gandhi and…At any rate, George Orwell was a nonpartisan examiner of personalities — be it Tolstoy, Dickens, Kipling, Mark Twain, or any other…Feb 20, 2019Feb 20, 2019
Thought PeckingIgnorance is Not a Virtue: Nehru on Why He Found Religion Unattractive and Believed that the…There cannot be a better way to understand the essential Nehru than by poring over his own writings. The Discovery of India is one of his…Feb 8, 2019Feb 8, 2019
Thought PeckingNo One Pretends that Actions Should Be As Free As Opinions: John Stuart Mill on Freedom of…John Stuart Mill discusses at length “Individuality” as one of the most essential elements of well-being. Opinions and actions are the two…Dec 19, 2018Dec 19, 2018
Thought PeckingOrwell’s Reflections on Antisemitism in Britain, and the Islamophobia in IndiaFirst of the two brief works of Orwell on anti-Semitism that I’ve read are his 1945 essay “Antisemitism in Britain,” where he has tried to…Dec 14, 2018Dec 14, 2018
