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SUBJECTS & PREDICAMENTS: 9/27/09 - 10/4/09

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Articles from and inspired by my column in the McGill Tribune and other publications. Tuesday, September 29, 2009. It is a natural human inclination to look to a higher authority when in peril. It is universal, from the beleaguered sibling seeking the aid of his parent to the Pandavas beseeching the deity Krishna in the Hindu epic the. A lofty goal. But one that symbolises the heights of human nobility: to better the lives of our fellows through cooperative endeavour. Coalition of the willing. This is wh...

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South Asian Snow Day | The Sapient Ape

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Life as an employed MBA grad during an economic recovery. DISCLAIMER: Everything written here is fiction. November 30, 2010 • 2:30 pm. South Asian Snow Day. This cab driver'll think twice before charging that kinda fare again. There’s thing called a. To those of you outside Bangladesh or totally ignorant, a hartal is a general strike called by a political party to protest something. They force everyone NOT to go to work. I know, right? 8221;, at which time, he pointed me to this very well-written article.

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SUBJECTS & PREDICAMENTS: 2/12/06 - 2/19/06

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Articles from and inspired by my column in the McGill Tribune and other publications. Tuesday, February 14, 2006. Doubtlessly, the advent of 14 February will find many minds turned to thoughts of romantic relationships. But, is this really a departure from the quotidian? This is what McGill’s (not. From whence, then, are we to inspire in ourselves the necessary recognition of humanity in each other in order to occasion the type of kind, just, and responsible society that was the spur of liberalism?

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SUBJECTS & PREDICAMENTS: 11/8/09 - 11/15/09

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Articles from and inspired by my column in the McGill Tribune and other publications. Thursday, November 12, 2009. Racism in the 'Global Village'? To be sure, the bonds people form with each other are what reduce prejudice and increase understanding. But, strong social cohesion will not come about simply by all citizens sharing a set of values (indeed, in a country as diverse as Canada this would be an impossibility), but, rather, there must be engagement between the diverse communities. Indeed, new tech...

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SUBJECTS & PREDICAMENTS: 4/16/06 - 4/23/06

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Articles from and inspired by my column in the McGill Tribune and other publications. Friday, April 21, 2006. First Published: 21 March 2006. Heroes – from Arjuna to Rustam to Gilgamesh to Dirty Harry – have always been important to human societies. In the wake of the third anniversary of the. Invasion, though, our society’s conception of heroism has come into question. With all our disillusionment, can we still expect our heroes to be perfect or infallible? After all, especially in regard to the. Superm...

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SUBJECTS & PREDICAMENTS: 4/30/06 - 5/7/06

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Articles from and inspired by my column in the McGill Tribune and other publications. Tuesday, May 2, 2006. First Published: 2 February 2006. How baneful are the trills of Valleyspeakers, verbifying nouns and ‘like, omigod’-ing willy-nilly! All too frequently can we recount screechy, elongated monologues by speakers chronicling how they ‘were like totally making out on every lamppost on St Cat’s! 8216;No,’ She squawks, ‘my degree is in insurance and tax law! Do we have such impoverished linguistic abilit...

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The Genius of Joseph Campbell | Freeman's Freespeech

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The Genius of Joseph Campbell. February 27, 2009. When you accept the basic tenets of what Joseph Campbell. Is trying to explain- and only if you do this, you may find Joseph Campbell to be one of the few -but many- literary geniuses of our time. A genius because he discusses the order and structure of what a metaphor is as applied to cultural centered mythological discourse- that is our reasons for doing things? Http:/ videos.gaia.com/483841/joseph campbell. March 28, 2009 at 2:52 pm. Jc is brilliant&#4...

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SUBJECTS & PREDICAMENTS: The Final Countdown

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Articles from and inspired by my column in the McGill Tribune and other publications. Monday, July 17, 2006. First Published: 17 January 2006. So why did FOX decide to scrap a program that garnered them six Emmys and has the unabashed admiration of America's top critics? So Fox's motivations are economic, but that still begs the question: Why, if AD is so brilliant, did it fail in the ratings game? Obviously, television programming is not the prime mover of society's advancement, but considering the perv...

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SUBJECTS & PREDICAMENTS: 5/28/06 - 6/4/06

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Articles from and inspired by my column in the McGill Tribune and other publications. Friday, June 2, 2006. Clubber's Guide to . Human Rights. First Published: 31 January 2006. Is it possible that recent times have seen the marginalised’s plight sufficiently ameliorated so as to outmode the importance of social messages in contemporary hip-hop? Does the marginalization of the social tirades of Mos Def and Common Sense in favour of the egoistic entreaties of Nelly and Fiddy gesture to a victory for capita...

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SUBJECTS & PREDICAMENTS: The Inevitability of Immortality (Immortality in sight)

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Articles from and inspired by my column in the McGill Tribune and other publications. Monday, November 9, 2009. The Inevitability of Immortality (Immortality in sight). The insistence that disease is unnecessary – that death is a false reality – sustains such arguments, and indeed, has done so throughout time. The conquest of disease and the end of aging are eternal obsessions, exemplified by Alexander the Great’s quest for the Water of Life, King Arthur’s quest for the Holy G...Author Jorge Luis Borges ...