A Fresh-faced, Best-selling Author Who Pens Raunchy Tales Of Young Professionals In India.

Tiger Bay, Cardiff, 1950, Bert Hardy

'अमृत' काल में विष

‘अमृत’ काल में विष प्रसन्न कुमार चौधरी 1. हिसाब-किताब की हिंसा सभी समुदाय इतिहास में अपने ऊपर हुए कथित अन्याय-अत्याचार का हिसाब-किताब चुकता करने लगे तो उसका अन्त मानवजाति की सामूहिक तबाही में होगा । इतिहास के विभिन्न कालखण्डों में और अलग-अलग क्षेत्रों में हम इस सामूहिक तबाही का साक्षात् कर चुके हैं, और आज भी कर रहे हैं । हजारो वर्षों के मानवजाति के इतिहास में प्रत्येक मानव-समुदाय के पास अपनी…

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“To write a good book you have to have certain qualities. Great art is connected with courage and truthfulness. There is a conception of truth, a lack of illusion, an ability to overcome selfish obsessions, which goes with good art, and the artist has got to have that particular sort of moral stamina. Good art, whatever its style, has qualities of hardness, firmness, realism, clarity, detachment, justice, truth. It is the work of a free, unfettered, uncorrupted imagination…” —Iris Murdoch, at the 92Y

Dr B R Ambedkar (14.04.1891 - 06.12.1956)

Great social reformer, philosopher, jurist, political leader, historian and economist. Independent India's first Law Minister and Chairperson of the Constitution's Drafting Committee (29.08.1947 - 24.01.1950).

A few quotes from his writings:

"Every act of independent thinking puts some portion of apparently stable world in peril."

"For a successful revolution, it is not enough that there is discontent. What is required is a profound and thorough conviction of justice, necessity and importance of political and social rights."

"What are we having this liberty for? We are having this liberty in order to reform our social system, which is full of inequality, discrimination and other things, which conflict with our fundamental rights."

"Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies government."

"I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved."

"Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence."

Today is his 123rd birth anniversary.

Firework shows welcome 2014

Reblogged from Flickr Blog:

The night skies around the world hosted an array of firework shows in a magnificent farewell to 2013 and collective greeting for 2014.

See, and share, more celebration photos in the New Year Celebrations gallery and Firework…

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Rio de Janeiro, Aug 8 (IANS) Dipa Karmakar created history by becoming the first Indian gymnast to enter the Olympic finals at the Rio Olympic Centre here. Competing in the third sub-division, Dipa had an average score of 51.665. In uneven bars, Deepa scored 7.166 for execution and 4.5 for difficulty

“A long project is like a secret houseguest, hidden in your study, waiting to be fed and visited.”

John Hollander (via theparisreview)

'An ideal society should be mobile, should be full of channels for conveying a change taking place in one part to other parts. In an ideal society, there should be many interests consciously communicated and shared. There should be varied and free points of contact with other modes of association. .. This is fraternity, which is only another name for democracy. Democracy is not merely a form of government. It is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience. It is essentially an attitude of respect and reverence towards fellowmen.' Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (1891-1956), 'Annihilation of Caste'.

A quiet spring weekend was suddenly shattered on Sunday when news of the “Panama Papers” investigation broke.

न्याय : परिदृश्य और परिप्रेक्ष्य

न्याय : परिदृश्य और परिप्रेक्ष्य प्रसन्न कुमार चौधरी प्रस्तावना मानव समाज के शैशव-काल से न्याय का प्रश्न मानव जाति की आत्म-पहचान और उसके आत्म-संगठन का केन्द्रीय प्रश्न रहा है और बदलते स्वरूप में आज तक बना हुआ है । प्रकृति को जानने और उसे बदलने के जरिये जीवनयापन करने वाले मानव-जनों को न सिर्फ अपने और प्रकृति के बीच के सम्बन्धों को, बल्कि मानव-जनों के बीच के सम्बन्धों को भी परिभाषित करना पड़ा…

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