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Walter J. Ong’s classic work provides a fascinating insight into the social effects of oral, …
A book that has fundamentally shifted my perspective on the transition from oral culture to literacy and then printing.
Really enjoyed reading this classic book by Roland Barthes.
All the stories in this volume are set in the year 2050, in The City. …
These are an excellent set of short stories written by late philosophy professor Aniket Jaaware. The stories are set in the year 2050 in a city called the City. Even though geeky, there aren't science fiction. Jaaware crafts a diverse set of characters in this short collection, offering a wide range of human experiences. The stories are immensely readable; they are open ended with a light touch of humor. At the same time they offer a poignant critique of the negative aspects of large metropolises, more so from the point of view of the marginalized, the destitute, the homeless. What I liked the most about this collection is that characters from previous stories make brief, fleeting appearances in the later stories. I will highly recommend this story collection to anyone with a nerdy side to them.
All the stories in this volume are set in the year 2050, in The City. Though they are set in …
All the stories in this volume are set in the year 2050, in The City. …
These are an excellent set of short stories written by late philosophy professor Aniket Jaaware. The stories are set in the year 2050 in a city called the City. Even though geeky, there aren't science fiction. Jaaware crafts a diverse set of characters in this short collection, offering a wide range of human experiences. The stories are immensely readable; they are open ended with a light touch of humor. At the same time they offer a poignant critique of the negative aspects of large metropolises, more so from the point of view of the marginalized, the destitute, the homeless. What I liked the most about this collection is that characters from previous stories make brief, fleeting appearances in the later stories. I will highly recommend this story collection to anyone with a nerdy side to them.
This is an autobiography of a French philosophy professor whose career trajectory was not a given. He almost drops out in the fourth standard, fails tenth standard but then goes on to finish his undergraduate studies with the help of subsidized education and parents fully supporting him with their meager resources. From that moment on, it's a story of consistent upward trajectory as the author studies abroad, finishes PhD and finally lands a professor's job at India's (arguably) most prestigious university.
The author hails from similar socioeconomic background as me and hence the book felt quite relatable. He also stresses the point that a person's success has much to do with systemic factors along with individual efforts. He also cautions against using a successful working class person as a token figure to demonize other working class people.
It was good to read Ahirani as it was sprinkled throughout the book. …
This is an autobiography of a French philosophy professor whose career trajectory was not a given. He almost drops out in the fourth standard, fails tenth standard but then goes on to finish his undergraduate studies with the help of subsidized education and parents fully supporting him with their meager resources. From that moment on, it's a story of consistent upward trajectory as the author studies abroad, finishes PhD and finally lands a professor's job at India's (arguably) most prestigious university.
The author hails from similar socioeconomic background as me and hence the book felt quite relatable. He also stresses the point that a person's success has much to do with systemic factors along with individual efforts. He also cautions against using a successful working class person as a token figure to demonize other working class people.
It was good to read Ahirani as it was sprinkled throughout the book. I wish the French phrases and sentences were used more sparingly though as Marathi readers cannot be expected to understand those but I suppose that was to drive home the author's relationship with the French language.
All in all it's a great biography if you are interested in Maharashtrian rural life and higher education in general.
Named one of the Ten Best Books of 2016 by the New York Times, a spirited account of a major …
This book is about the intellegentsia in nineteenth-century Bengal. It analyzes why—from the second half of the nineteenth century—the Hindu …
Named one of the Ten Best Books of 2016 by the New York Times, a …
This book is a great read. It offers a magisterial view of existentialism and phenomenology and the key figures in that tradition such Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Camus and Simone de Beauvoir. It takes turns between offering a quick rundown of key philosophical concepts and biographical details about the book's heroes. While shining light on their great philosophical insights, the author also takes them to task for their all-too-human flaws. It's also amusing to read about the quarrels between the philosophers, their broken friendships, affairs and bourgeois life in Paris.
Considered an 'audacious' second novel, GIOVANNI'S ROOM is set in the 1950s Paris of American …
My first James Baldwin book
Study on Marathi periodicals, associated with the work of Satyaśodhaka Samāja, formed by Jotīrāva Govindarāva Phule, 1827-1890, to educate, and …
Frantz Fanon: Black skin, white masks (1968, Grove Press)
