ఒక అందమైన కథా, ఓ నాలుగు ప్రశ్నలూ

Random scribbling on a lazy afternoon.  ఏ మూడు,నాలుగు నెలల క్రితమేమో, అలవాటుగా ప్రతీ గురువారం ఇంటికెళ్ళడానికి ఏయిర్పోర్ట్ కి డ్రైవ్ చేసేప్పుడు మధ్యలో ఆగే దగ్గిరే ఆగాను. ఎప్పుడూ కనపడగానే హే.. అని పలకరించే చార్లెస్ లేడా రోజు. He is a tall, black, army veteran, fearless, an academic and a well-read person who could fluently talk about sociology and history. ప్రతీ వారం వస్తూంటానని, BN ఇచ్చే standard membership discount 10% కాకుండా, customer loyalty...

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Mundane Normalcy of the EVIL

There are times and events which we witness that freeze us with stunning disbelief. Usually they are either extraordinary feats of courage in the face of insurmountable obstacles of fate or they are incogitable acts of cruelty committed on humanity.  However, when I toured Auschwitz, what really made me suffocated was neither the fact that 1.1 million people were killed and burned to ashes at the very place where I was standing and walking,...

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In search of current world order roots

Picking a vacation/tour place(s) is always a bit of work by itself. I generally try to follow a theme if I can. For ex: going to places like a) early republics with some democratic elements or b) to be in the cradle of renaissance or c) tracing the reformation etc.,  This time I wanted to follow the path of events which gave us the current world order, an order that has resulted in almost 70 years of relative peace and prosperity across...

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