Modernity is an inherently unstable state

 Collated by Tusar Nath Mohapatra

Bergson and the Metaphysical Implications of Calculus

JR Bagby - Process Studies, 2024

Henri Bergson's philosophy is centered on forming a concept of lived time or durée, which he saw as a process of continuous variation and flux. He believed that the study of time should be the foundation of philosophy. By studying time, we find an …

Portraying Political Ideas of National Revolutionaries: A Case Study of Pandurang Mahadev Bapat

SP Singh, P Barthwal - Indian Historical Review, 2024

The term ‘revolutionary’ has a unique connotation in India’s struggle for national liberation. It refers to those freedom fighters who scrupulously believed in the efficacy of armed resistance to overthrow British rule in India and justified employing …

David Blake Willis, Professor of

G Ravindran

… Giri also discusses some of the limitations of Habermasian discourse ethics such as its emphasis on rationality and engages in a dialogue with Sri Aurobindo for spiritual transformation of discourse ethics, moral consciousness, and …

[HTML] Imagining the Hindus and Hinduism

K Singh, K Maheshwari - Colonial Discourse and the Suffering of Indian …, 2024

The mythical representation of the colonized by the colonizer cannot happen without engaging in fabrications and falsehoods. While accounting for the contentions made by the Francophone postcolonial thinkers on the issue of projection, this chapter …

[PDF] Need and Importance of Heritage Interpretation Centre in Amravati District

S Kachwe, S Holey - International Journal of Research in Engineering …, 2024

The need and importance of a Heritage Interpretation Centre in Amravati District, Maharashtra, India. It emphasizes the significance of heritage preservation and interpretation in connecting people to their past, fostering cultural understanding …

[PDF] Coral Mill Strike: A Mass Protest in Thoothukudi

T Jayanthi, T Abishekapatti

The Coral mill strike was one of the important strikes in the history of the cotton industriesin Madras Presidency. On 27 February 1908, the workers of the Coral Mill in Thoothukudi struck work demanding reduction in working hours and a pay hike …

Midnight Whispers: Confronting our Dreams

D Millican - 2024

Discover the Secrets Whispered in the Dark: A Journey into the Depths of Our Dreams Dive into the enigmatic world of dreams with Midnight Whispers: Confronting our Dreams, where the veils between the conscious and subconscious …

Have you done any interactive work today? An empirical study on the relationship between customer interaction and psychological stress in German software …

K Lauenroth, Y Metzler, G Rinkenauer, S Sobieraj - IEEE Software, 2024

… Interactive work requirements are therefore an integral part of the daily work of all service providers who work intensively with other people (… Sabrina Sobieraj is an independent researcher, life coach and yoga teacher focusing on stress relief and …

[HTML] Work-related psychosocial risk factors: a contemporary analysis

CEC Vieira, NCT Santos - Revista Brasileira de Saúde Ocupacional, 2024

Introduction: work-related psychosocial factors have stood out in debates concerning health protection and promotion in occupational contexts. Objective: this essay demonstrates how the lack of thematic exploration regarding the antagonism …

[HTML] Non-dual Reality and Empirical Existence in Advaita Vedānta and Ghazālī's Metaphysics of Unity

P Laude - International Journal of Hindu Studies, 2024

This essay explores the ways in which two distinct spiritual traditions, Ghazālī’s Ṣūfīsm and Śaṅkarian Advaita Vedānta, articulate an exclusive metaphysical affirmation of the Ultimate Reality with an empirical recognition of relative existence …

South Asia in and After the 1980s

A Ranjan - Studies in Indian Politics, 2024

… The Ramjanambhoomi movement in the 1980s created a favourable political constituency for Hindutva politics. After years of legal proceedings, the SC delivered its final verdict on the issue in 2019. The court order allotted the disputed land for the …

Space-Time (Dis) continuities in the Linguistic Landscape

I Buchstaller, M Fabiszak, MA Ross

… “Hindutva Has Nowhere To Go Except Down the Road to Tyranny.” The Wire. Retrieved July 7, 2020 (https://thewire.in/politics/… “Memory Wars and Identity Construction: Return of the Suppressed as Afterlife of Partition Under the Hindutva …

Hindutva and the Muslim Problem: An Exploration of Gendered Islamophobia in India

T Saeed - The Palgrave Handbook of Gendered Islamophobia, 2024

This chapter examines the nature of gendered Islamophobia in India in relation to the spread of Hindutva under the BJP government. In particular, the chapter focuses on the institutionalization of Islamophobia through examples of the Citizenship …

Sri Aurobindo: A broad overview of the Greatest Visionary

19 hours ago — Sri Aurobindo — Yogi, philosopher, freedom fighter, nationalist, and humanist, is one of the most important figures in modern India.

The Supramental Victory and Religions - Sri Aurobindo

10 hours ago — In ancient Arabia, a persecuted divine being sought refuge in a pomegranate bush, its blood nourishing miraculous scarlet flowers symbolizing Divine Love. Read ..

Savitri Era Religion is meant for all those who worship The Mother & Sri Aurobindo as the one Supreme Divine and refrain from paying obeisance to other gurus or gods and goddesses. Savitri Era Party however is for all who oppose AAP, BJP, and Congress and resist Hindutva and Left. 

https://twitter.com/SavitriEra/status/1784831056287535208?t=n5qVfY-hg00_0JErBWLwjw&s=19

I have stayed alone for more than 5 years in different stages of my life, The idea of a women staying alone, whether you are married or unmarried is very foreign and uncomfortable for the 'society' to accept. Today while watching #LaapataaLadies , I felt so heard and seen! 

https://twitter.com/surya_swarna/status/1784579176470647060?t=7KE9lcKJjT-rPk1fq6AcUg&s=19

Notice all the disgusting tweets about the appearance of a girl, a kid who topped her 10th boards are from faceless X users, those who don’t have a profile picture. To the adult uncles behind those accounts- she’s a kid. She DOESN’T have to appear attractive to YOU. Seek help.

https://twitter.com/j_garima_j/status/1784809746534379544?t=dEVx2zUeCWqsju80b76GUA&s=19

If you are a man, have you ever called another male friend whom you are not able to meet to say I miss you. Men have more friends in 20s and very few in 50s. They become lonely and emotionally bottled as they age.

https://twitter.com/SandeepMall/status/1784596188861546660?t=fT46N-OMySved5fqR6tuLg&s=19

True, possibly the social conditioning of holding on to emotions for "greater good" or just being a man is too ingrained in them.

@amitvarma also had written something on similar lines recently.

https://twitter.com/rathinikesh/status/1784721304194826515?t=r_xU6LA4TG6CgTzP2cj86g&s=19

Despite AI advance, it seems to us that modernity is an inherently unstable state that will eventually die or cycle back to a considerably simplified state. I don't mean this as a luddite but more from the perspective of biology. It is also unlikely that there is +ve AI alignment

https://twitter.com/blog_supplement/status/1784791669885252027?t=k2r9J_sHI09ztEBS5YUy-Q&s=19

Neo-fascist supporters of #Mussolini have been protesting on his death anniversary. Portugal was under dictatorship until as late as 1974. Only goes to show that authoritarianism cannot be easily rid of.  Requires vigilance and a deep understanding of the social psyche.

https://twitter.com/madversity/status/1784837325203337508?t=IQMPWo2trN7d-os9lH_M-g&s=19

By challenging the rise of Tamilian-born #Vkpandian in #Odisha in the name of #Odia identity) Modi is also questioning the legacy of Marathi-born #Rajnikath & #Malayali-born #MGR in Tamil Nadu. It is unconstitutional to challenge someone on grounds of birth #OdishaElections2024

https://twitter.com/madversity/status/1784840789987647906?t=GQGtmQpoY-6ooN_jyxJ5ug&s=19

Lets be clear - the #PrajwalRevanna -case, involving Deve Gowda grandson, is not a 'sex scandal'- its sexual abuse and exploitation- there are nearly 3000 videos reported & multiple victims- - drag him back from Germany where he has fled to & face the full wrath of the law.

https://twitter.com/BDUTT/status/1784764432679129174?t=-5JEoSP7yh1vWsap7AF8yQ&s=19

The issue should be how much the mainstream Hindi cinema has alienated the female audience, 90s and 2000s biggest blockbusters include films like DDLJ, HAHK, KKHH, K3G, DTPH, HSSH, KNPH, Mohabbatein, OSO, RNBDJ, etc, today it is mainly catering to the male audience.

https://twitter.com/LoyleMoltisanti/status/1781697326362583395?t=sKYhg8gdQW9LuYfdsPQXzw&s=19

Even newer films like Pagglait or Thappad which show a woman breaking out of a family mould show it more as an act of rebellion - not bad ofc. But Manju Mai in Laapata Ladies goes further - not only is it possible to be a single woman, it can actually be an act of HAPPINESS

https://twitter.com/meghamehta8488/status/1784466283444191697?t=gr1JzB18e1juXPMd57XpuQ&s=19