Desh Kapoor - Drishtikone - See the World Before It Changes (Page 49)

Insightful newsletter of Drishtikone: Issue #107 - Social systems & Politics; why this Sushant-Kolaveri di?

> “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When the

By Desh Kapoor

/ 27 Aug 2020

Insightful newsletter of Drishtikone: Issue #106 - Slumdog Millionaire and 'Mother Teresa'

> “We first crush people to the earth, and then claim the right of trampling on them forever, because they are prostrate.” ― Lydia Maria Child -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Domination comes from the

By Desh Kapoor

/ 26 Aug 2020

Insightful newsletter of Drishtikone: Issue #105 - The Plutonomy and the Rest; Walking marriages of Matriarchy

> “Whoever debases others is debasing himself.” ― James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Aasmaa pe hai khuda, aur zameen pe hum. Aajkal wo is taraf dekhta hai kam” (God

By Desh Kapoor

/ 25 Aug 2020

Insightful newsletter of Drishtikone - Issue #104: Dalrymple and his shenanigans; British Concentration Camps

Robin Williams was perhaps one of the best comedians that Hollywood has seen in recent times. He was a great stand-up as well. His main skill - to make people

By Desh Kapoor

/ 24 Aug 2020

Insightful newsletter of Drishtikone - Issue #103: How Agile and Powerful Global Fascist Networks are

Prior to COVID-19, most geopolitical and stories of power-struggles seemed far-fetched and “for someone else”. COVID-19 changed all that. Now a story that someone “out there” can spread a disease

By Desh Kapoor

/ 23 Aug 2020

Insightful newsletter of Drishtikone - Issue #102: Civilization and my Mother's Recipe; Funding Wikipedia for our death

There is no empowerment in diminishing yourself. Even when you have the opportunity to learn ways to nurture yourself and others, you choose to reject it in the name of

By Desh Kapoor

/ 22 Aug 2020

Insightful newsletter of Drishtikone - Issue #101: Palghar Sadhu murdered and Witch Burnings; Pedophile Island of Liberals

There comes a time when inclusivity demands aggressive single-minded battle of our being. When you do recognize that you cannot allow exclusivity any allowance or seat on that table of

By Desh Kapoor

/ 21 Aug 2020

Insightful newsletter of Drishtikone - Issue #100: The Pedestrian Gods; Voices of Ex-Muslims

Today we have completed a century of sorts. This is the 100th edition of this newsletter, which we started on a whim. We read a lot during a day and

By Desh Kapoor

/ 20 Aug 2020

Insightful newsletter of Drishtikone - Issue #99: The Penguins and the Voiceless

The rot is deep. The powerful and the unscrupulous have no end to their greed and vices. They will do anything to feed their greed with the entrails of another’

By Desh Kapoor

/ 19 Aug 2020

Insightful newsletter of Drishtikone - Issue #98: Artificial Intelligence, Drone Swarms and link between Croatians and Saraswati

From the infinite consciousness, we pick up a minuscule piece of information dust and rearrange it as per tradition or in our quirky ways and call ourselves learned, creative or

By Desh Kapoor

/ 18 Aug 2020

Insightful newsletter of Drishtikone - Issue #97: Pandit Jasraj leaves; Understanding Aamir Khan's Ignorance and Hate

Music is sound. So is noise. As is shouting. Most modern music is of the body and the mind. It is used to express one’s sorrow, anguish, happiness, anger

By Desh Kapoor

/ 17 Aug 2020

Insightful newsletter of Drishtikone - Issue #96: People without History; Warning from an Enlightened One from Colombian Tribe

By the beginning of the 300 AD, no one in Greece and Rome could ever believe that their gods and civilization could ever go away. In 150 years, the situation

By Desh Kapoor

/ 16 Aug 2020