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Yuval Noah Harari's "Nexus" - points to ponder

Yuval Noah Harari's "Nexus" - points to ponder        Yuval Noah Harari 's recent book Nexus is about history of human communication. As a successful history book writer he has brought out another book on history. Though this time this is about how humanity developed from the early days of Telegraph to the present info revolution era.       Large scale information network is the reason for big success of humans. Homo sapiens created powerful things with imagination. It was not just machines but even religions brought unintended consequences, says Yuval Harari. Religions ended up flooding world with blood Instead of love and joy.      We know Yuval is no lover of communism. Like in his earlier books he doesn't in anyway gives credit to communism and here too he equates Stalin with Hitler in many places of this book.        "More information brought better life to humans" - As humans start to share more and more inform...

Random spiritual thoughts

Random spiritual thoughts  Life  This early dawn  Flashed a spark in mind As I read a book on hermits Oh! Why do we exist Just for the heck of it ? Isn't there more ... True being alive is basic  Knowing the inner conscious core next And becoming more aware spiritually  Focus on that state of mind Knowledge of oneness of soul That supreme Energy that drives  All is one and the same in all beings.. Is knowing that enough.. Delving on that furthermore and further There will come a point  Where having merger of thoughts  Core energy source  No looking back then As we Integrate intermingling  And assimilation of soul happens With psychic and emotional  Fusing of oneness Path of our Spiritual purpose realized Cycle of life becomes complete  Going beyond birth and death  We reach the point from where  Started Journey of life and be A pure onlooker as events unfold.. Invoking Gods - is it just a tool ? God is the most abused...

Human kind A Hopeful history

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  Rutger பர்க்மேனின் மனிதகுலம், ஒரு நம்பிக்கையான வரலாறு - புத்தக விமர்சனம்      இந்தப் புத்தகம், ஹான்ஸ் ரோஸ்லிங் எழுதிய 'Factfulness' புத்தகத்தை கருத்து ரீதியாக ஒத்திருக்கிறது. Factfulness புத்தகத்தில், மனிதகுலத்தின் கடந்த காலம் நிகழ் காலம் புள்ளி விவரம் மூலம் ஒப்பிடப்படுகிறது. Rutger படைப்பில் பாதகமான சூழ்நிலைகளிலும் கூட,  மனிதன் எவ்வாறு கருணையுடனும் கண்ணியத்துடனும்  இருந்திருக்கிறான் என்ற கருத்தியலில் இருந்து சொல்லப்படுகிறது. ஆசிரியர், தனது வாதத்திற்கு நிஜ வாழ்க்கை உதாரணங்களிலிருந்து போர் முனைகளை உள்ளடக்கிய ஆய்வுகள் வரை மேற்கோள் காட்டுகிறார். இந்தப் புத்தகம், Reader's Digest சிறப்புக் கட்டுரைகளின் தொகுப்பைப் படிப்பது போல உள்ளது. உலகின் நிலை குறித்து எப்போதும் எதிர்மறை பார்வையை கொண்ட அனைவருக்கும் இந்தப் புத்தகத்தை நான் பரிந்துரைக்கிறேன்.      இந்தப் புத்தகத்தின் மையக்கரு,  மனிதர்கள் இயல்பாகவே கருணையும் அன்பும் கொண்டவர்கள், பெரும்பாலும் நெருக்கடி காலங்களில் அவர்கள் பொதுவாக உள்ள நம்பிக்கைக்கு மாறாக கண்ணியமாகவும் நாகரீகமாகவும் நடந்துகொள...

Rutger Burgman's Humankind A Hopeful history - review

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Rutger Burgman's Humankind, A Hopeful history - Book review      This book is almost similar to Hans Rosling book 'Factfulness' conceptually. In Factfulness, humanity's past is compared historically. Here it is analysed from a perspective of how majority of humankind has mostly been kind and decent even in most adverse situations. The author is quoting from real life examples to case studies that include war fronts. This book is more like reading a collection of Reader's Digest special feature articles. Otherwise, a gem of a work written from a new hope and refreshing point of view. I would recommend this book to all who hold cynical view on the state of the world to know a completely different perspective.        Humans are inherently kind and lovable and mostly in times of crisis they react decent and civil contrary to popular belief, this statement of the author is the crux of this book.        Book looks like a collection of Rea...

Hindus in Hindu Rashtra book - my impressions

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Hindus in Hindu Rashtra book - my impressions       I got this book through one of my relatives whose political leanings I do not know. Anyway it doesn't matter here for reviewing this book. Except Historian Sitaram goel's book 'Hindu temples - what happened to them' , I have never read any book by a hindutva writer. The author of this book "Hindus in Hindu Rashtra" is Anand Ranganathan. I already knew about him as a Right wing propangadist and writer in English along with people like J Sai Deepak & Vikram Sampath. These people are very popular through their speeches and discussions on Youtube channels and I have watched some of their videos. They were all very articulate and communicative to drive their points hard. The agenda, of course is Hindutva.       Let's come to the book. We will see the some of the arguments put forth by the author on the plight of hindus in India and my views on them. 1 Hindus are treated like Eighth class citizens ...