Ranjeet Chowdhury
The more I learn, the more I realize how much I do not know..
Superstitions : Why Do They Persist?
Yesterday, there was a total lunar eclipse, popularly known as the 'blood moon. Though eclipses are now well understood by science as natural celestial phenomena resulting from the alignment of the Sun, Moon, and Earth, yet these events have long been shrouded in myth...
India and the Capital Punishment (Part-II)
Further, with regard to the argument that death penalty denies criminals the chance to reform, I had observed that it would be a grave injustice to the victims, their families and the civil society as a whole, if our criminal justice system, instead of punishing the perpetrators, who evidently showed no regard for the life and dignity of their victims, puts all its efforts and energy to ‘reform’ them.
Laila
This small incident made me realize the big problem we human beings have – being judgmental about an action of other person, harbour the ill feeling arising out of the situation in our hearts and treat the person accordingly the whole life. In the instant matter, Laila might have felt ‘hurt’ at my being indifferent to her plight and for not helping her out; but the feeling was momentary and as soon as she got out of the trouble, she forgot everything about it and did what she considered her duty..
India and the Capital Punishment (Part-I)
We are all rational beings and due to this rationality everyone differs radically from one another. What is ‘sensible’ to one, might seem totally ‘nonsensical’ to others. Thus, at the cost of being fundamentally at odd with the widely held views in favour of abolition of death penalty, I would say that I do not see any reason, as far as India is concerned, to ‘formalize’ abolition of capital punishment on various counts.
Nirbhaya – India’s Daughter
The outward silence I was maintaining was agonizing me further, and to give vent to my enraged heart, I tried to put my feelings in ink more than once, but the overwhelming pain I felt each time, just at the thought of the incident, stopped me from going any further than writing a few lines. Even if time doesn’t heal all wounds, it certainly reduces the pain we feel; and here I am again sitting with my laptop on at the dead of the night putting my mind in words.
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Superstitions : Why Do They Persist?
Yesterday, there was a total lunar eclipse, popularly known as the 'blood moon. Though eclipses are now well understood by science as natural celestial phenomena resulting from the alignment of the Sun, Moon, and Earth, yet these events have long been shrouded in myth...