Social Awareness
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India, Not Without Fault
India, like everywhere else, is not a perfect place. In fact, it’s far from perfect. There is an incredible amount of visible poverty, which nothing truly prepares you to witness. As much as I love it, I always tell people—I’d never live here. I’ve always been fully aware that my experience of India has been…
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India, The Motherland
I don’t think I’ve ever really written about India despite the strong feelings I have about the country. It probably got written off as one of those stories I would tell people in real life when we gather, but considering how little of that happens these days I may as well write it down before…
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Give Me Back My Nokia 3310
Is anyone else absolutely tired of information and opinions? I have truly had my fill of the internet. The thought I am having now is that once I move somewhere (hopefully sooner than later), I will look at getting a house phone and a cellphone that does not have internet and this will be my…
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Their Eyes Were Watching Your Pockets
If I were still blogging regularly, I definitely would’ve written a few on Egypt and my experience here over the last few days. Never have I been so conflicted about a place before as I have been about Egypt. Obviously the historical significance and remnants of ancient civilisations we still have yet to understand are…
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I Left, But I Haven’t Stopped Being Angry
Hello readers. I know I left you hanging for the last year — and it saddens me that some of you predicted this would happen. By all rationale, I should have had so much to write about over the last year of not having a full-time job and of traveling to so many places. But…
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It’s Not the Silence, it’s the Meditation
I have now completed my 4th sitting of silence, and second 10-day vipassana meditation course as taught by S.N Goenka. I realise I have not written much about the experiences (except that my second sitting inspired me to start my book so I can’t really say that). There is good reason though. As much as…
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What Makes A Society
I’ve talked before about the difference I’ve noticed being in a society that was given Buddhism instead of Christianity. But I never really went into the details of why I said that or what it means. Now feels as good a time as any to dive into it. What I can say is that I’ve…
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The Crash After the High
I’ve talked before about the difference I’ve noticed being in a society that was given Buddhism instead of Christianity. But I never really went into the details of why I said that or what it means. Now feels as good a time as any to dive into it. What I can say is that I’ve…
