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Protected: Jaw-Jaw Amid Summitry
Category: Review
Indian Philosophy Volume 2: A Journey Towards Theism
In my review of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 in April this year, I had written about how the book traced the evolution of Indian thought. I had also written about how the book traces the ways in which Indian philosophical thought was heavily influenced by Buddhism and Jainism, and how the latter were in turn… Continue reading Indian Philosophy Volume 2: A Journey Towards Theism
Protected: August Auguries
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Protected: July Jaunt at The Whistle Library
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Protected: June… No Change in Tune
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Civilisation and Egypt as a Modern State
Among the many books I presented my aged father for his 93rd birthday last year, was one by Nobel Prize winning Egyptian novelist, Naguib Mahfouz. Titled The Meaning of Civilisation, it is a compilation of his newspaper articles for Al Ahram and is the second volume in what was originally a 3-volume book in Arabic.… Continue reading Civilisation and Egypt as a Modern State
Protected: Reading in Times of Uncertainty
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Indian Philosophy a Compendium of Indian Thought
A couple of months ago, I happened to chance upon Indian Philosophy by Dr. S Radhakrishnan, a two-volume edition published by OUP in India. I was actually browsing on Amazon India searching for The History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell which I wished to re-read and add to my now-depleted library of books thanks… Continue reading Indian Philosophy a Compendium of Indian Thought
On the Unmoored Writing of WG Sebald
Just finished reading a couple of books by WG Sebald that I presented my aged father for his 93rd birthday last year. Dad didn’t think much of them; in fact, he said they were boring and I am not sure he even read the second book fully. Oh, too bad, I thought and decided to… Continue reading On the Unmoored Writing of WG Sebald
Protected: Reading For a Long, Hard Summer
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Peripatetic Perch 