November 27th, 2023 Structural inequality equals structural violence equals structural abuse equals structural exploitation equals structural oppression equals structural system designed to keep people down — and the few chosen ones on top in power. It is obvious. And odious. That brings a question for each I have no answer…

November 26th, 2023 Do you have one? Your personal voice that makes you stand out from among others? I think it is possible that everyone has one, but the majority of people hide it well behind the facade of mediocracy and laziness and ill-conceived meekness and prevalent shame of social…

November 25th, 2023 I am spoilt to my innermost core by the abundance of choice. I have it so amazingly good that I can hardly imagine any better. I am spoilt with choices to use and fill my time — and my time is precious and limited. Going by averages…

November 24th, 2023 A nation needs two building blocks — a will and a culture. It is rare that both appear and can be used at the same time. Usually, it is only one or the other that comes into play, and that nation-building is doomed to fail. …

November 23rd, 2023 It is one of those things that I could see coming from afar. I kind of expected it to happen, and I could see from the behavior of others and their skating around the subject that it would happen. …

November 22nd, 2023 First of all, you need to get used to this American date notation. It means the 22nd of November, 1963. It also is the title of the most extraordinary book. Sixty years ago, in Dallas, Texas, along the Grassy Knoll next to the Texas Book Depository, something…

November 21st, 2023 I spent the last few weeks going on a reading binge of books I read in my teens. Books that I liked then, books that had an influence on me, and books I wanted one day to reread. So far, I have mixed feelings about it. Few…

November 19th, 2023 … or my musings, or my thoughts, or my ideas without constant reflection on myself. I mean, if it is not about me, or it doesn't relate to me in some way (a way I can spin to point at me), then I cannot write anything at…

November 19th, 2023 All the colors are gone. They disappeared overnight. I was paying attention this time to all that was going around me and still, I blinked, and the colors were gone like that. This time I don't blame myself for missing that important event — I blame the…