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Essays

Zeno’s Paradox and Indian Solutions

“In the paradox of Achilles and the tortoise, Achilles is in a footrace with the tortoise. Achilles allows the tortoise a head start of 100 meters, for example. Suppose that each racer starts running at some constant speed, one faster than the other. After some finite time, Achilles will have run 100 meters, bringing him to the tortoise's starting point. During this time, the tortoise has run a much shorter distance, say 2 meters. It will then take Achilles some further time to run that distance, by which time the tortoise will have advanced farther; and then more time still to reach this third point, while the tortoise moves ahead. Thus, whenever Achilles arrives somewhere the tortoise has been, he still has some distance to go before he can even reach the tortoise.”

by Pariksith Singh
Culture

The Uttarpara Speech of #SriAurobindo

If there is one speech that every Indian must read, and not once but again and again, it is Sri Aurobindo’s speech in Uttarpara on May 30th, 1909, after his release from Alipore Jail. It is greater in significance for the nation than Nehru’s ‘Tryst with Destiny’ or Gandhi’s Ahmedabad trial in 1922 where he ‘plead guilty’ to the Chauri Chaura incident. And it is equal in relevance to some of the greatest speeches that changed the world in modern times, including Churchill’s ‘blood, toil, tears and sweat’ and Roosevelt’s ‘a date that shall live in infamy’ or Swami Vivekananda’s speech in Chicago conference of religions in 1892.

by Pariksith Singh
Analysis

Guha laments Inaptitude of the fake Gandhis

Ramchandra Guha, a known Gandhi aficionado (the original gangster - Mohandas Gandhi) seems less-than-fascinated by the current affairs of the the Indian National Congress and the inheritors - the fake Gandhis - Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka. Guha makes the same allegations as Obama does in his book about the Gandhis. I am not equating Guha and Obama by any means but their sob-stories have an important common denominator - they are expressing utter grief and sadness for what could have been. They envision India to be still ruled by colonial masters, aka the fake Gandhis and they are lamenting the fact that the INC and Gandhis have made a blunder out of the multiple opportunities they have been given. In a sense, they are crying over the survival of pagans and dharmics despite full-fledged and world-wide efforts to destroy the idea of India.

by FirangiAffairs
Analysis

the Red Flag of Farmer protest

Almost all other crops are more labour intensive than wheat, rice, and sugarcane. Labor has gone to MNREGA and Rs 2 kg wheat/rice. So farmers are not switching to other crops. If they switch to fruits, again labor will be a problem, and prices will crash in seasons of the respective fruits as artificial surplus will be created. Because India has no system of cold storage chains which can preserve fruits beyond the season.

by Omendra Ratnu