Saturday Poem: I’m Not Old
I am the standing ovation At the end of the play. I am the retrospective Of my life as art. I am the hours Connected like dots. … Continue readingSaturday Poem: I’m Not Old
America and the World
(T)he period between the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, and the election of Donald Trump exactly thirty-five years later comes to constitute an ‘era’… … Continue readingAmerica and the World
AI Poetry Rated Better Than Poems Written By Humans
Findings suggest non-expert poetry readers who participated preferred AI works because they find them more straightforward and accessible. … Continue readingAI Poetry Rated Better Than Poems Written By Humans
Fighting the Far Right in India
Sarah Thankam Mathews at Lux converses with Raghu Karnad on the Hindu nationalist right and the trial of Arundhati Roy. … Continue readingFighting the Far Right in India
The Nature of Natural Laws
The Sun rises every day. Water boils at 100°C. Apples fall to the ground. We live in a world in which objects behave the same given the same circumstances. … Continue readingThe Nature of Natural Laws
Aik Sab Aik Tarah Se Dr. Faustus Hain [We Are All Dr Faustus in a Way]
Parveen Shakir, besides being the most prominent poetess of Pakistan, was also renowned for her academic merits par-excellence and civil services. … Continue readingAik Sab Aik Tarah Se Dr. Faustus Hain [We Are All Dr Faustus in a Way]
Weaponizing Aid
Palestinians are “aid dependent” as the term goes, and the politicization of that fact is not a new phenomenon. … Continue readingWeaponizing Aid
The Needy Genius Who Understood the Cosmos
The Science Museum in Britain holds numerous items associated with the Nobel Prize-winning mathematical physicist Sir Roger Penrose. … Continue readingThe Needy Genius Who Understood the Cosmos
The Culture Wars Today: Peter York On a Politics of Mass Deception
Culture wars are being waged globally, and they reflect an intractable divide in society. Is there money behind culture war? “It takes money to do culture wars”, says Peter York,
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Thursday Poem: Just a Bit of Wisdom
If I had just a bit of wisdom I should walk the Great Path and fear only straying from it. Though the way is broad People love shortcuts. … Continue readingThursday Poem: Just a Bit of Wisdom
The Story Of Earth’s Climate In 25 Discoveries: How Scientists Found The Connections Between Climate And Life
Leon Vlieger at The Inquisitive Biologist: This is the fifth instalment in what can unofficially be dubbed the 25 Discoveries series by palaeontologist and geologist Donald R. Prothero. After four
Why Does No One Understand the Real Reason Trump Won?
It wasn’t the economy. It wasn’t inflation, or anything else. It was how people perceive those things, which points to one overpowering answer. … Continue readingWhy Does No One Understand the Real Reason Trump Won?