Time there was, when all public discourse was framed around the familiar Left versus Right debate and everybody knew exactly what everyone else was talking about. Then came the days of the liberal democrats and the social democrats - whose political views were slightly to the right or to the left of centre - and… Continue reading Identity Crises and how they are Changing the World
As more and more women speak out about humiliating incidents of sexual harassment in their lives at the workplace and outside it, and as employers are still trying to devise the best ways of dealing with the problem, I was wondering if the problem isn’t a deeper one. A problem that perhaps goes beyond the… Continue reading An 18th Century Canon for the #MeToo Era
Right now, looking out of the window of our first floor flat, I see what I am told is a fig tree. It has shed all its leaves and is busy sprouting tiny, new, green ones. Strange for this time of the year in Goa, where we have just bid goodbye to the South West… Continue reading Green shoots, really?
It’s one festival that people of all religions in India celebrate. And it’s today. Well, for those who like to extend festivities, it’s today and tomorrow. Lights, flowers, creativity! Today is Diwali, the Indian festival of lights. It celebrates the return of Lord Ram to Ayodhya after vanquishing Ravana, the demon king of what is… Continue reading Lead, kindly Light
“He (the artist) ought to have ‘these powerful organs of expression’ – colour and chiaroscuro – entirely at his command, that he may use them in every possible form, as well as that he may do with the most perfect freedom…” - John Constable As an artist of a kind – a writer in advertising –… Continue reading Of Chiaroscuro and the Myths we Live by
“…Imagine all the people, living life in peace You may say I’m a dreamerBut I’m not the only oneI hope someday you’ll join usAnd the world will live as one…”-John Lennon More than four decades after John Lennon wrote his lyrical dream of a world in the future, we are closer to achieving his dream.… Continue reading Are we ready for a Goodtopia?
In a world racked by conflicts, disruption and polarization, the book that I have just finished reading couldn’t have been more timely. Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari is a magisterial work that takes in not decades, not centuries, but millennia in its grand sweep of history. To say that it is simply the history of… Continue reading What the world needs is a Pax Humana
I am Geeta Sundaram, writing from Goa, India, a lovely coastal region away from the hustle and bustle of big cities. I live here with my elderly parents and am a freelancer in advertising and brand communications. When I am not working, I am usually reading. And this gives me enough time and space to… Continue reading Views from my peripatetic perch
Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton
Peripatetic Perch 