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Violence is a fact and fear is an emotion that accompanies the daily lives of the people here. But it is also true that post-conflict literature cannot be a testament of collective pain. It is more often than not very personal. Pain has no
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“For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: hatred ceases by love, this is an old rule.”
― Dhammapada, a collection of verses; being one of the canonical books of the Buddhists
― Dhammapada, a collection of verses; being one of the canonical books of the Buddhists
“I once asked a few North Koreans if the Buddha was sacred to them. The answer was a mockery of Marxism. ‘Yes, the Buddhists invented printing and production of books,’ said the party-tutored government-appointed interpreter. Only that which is useful is important. In this respect, the capitalists and the communists hold a common view of the ancient past. They are the Benthamite utilitarians. The Savarkarites too use ancient history to instigate and bring together the Hindus. Ganga puja for Modi is a photo opportunity. •”
― Hindutva or Hind Swaraj
― Hindutva or Hind Swaraj
“Procrustes, in Greek mythology, was the cruel owner of a small estate in Corydalus in Attica, on the way between Athens and Eleusis, where the mystery rites were performed. Procrustes had a peculiar sense of hospitality: he abducted travelers, provided them with a generous dinner, then invited them to spend the night in a rather special bed. He wanted the bed to fit the traveler to perfection. Those who were too tall had their legs chopped off with a sharp hatchet; those who were too short were stretched (his name was said to be Damastes, or Polyphemon, but he was nicknamed Procrustes, which meant “the stretcher”).”
― The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
― The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
“Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.”
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“Sham ultrasound is beneficial for dental pain, placebo operations have been shown to be beneficial in knee pain (the surgeon just makes fake keyhole surgery holes in the side and mucks about for a bit as if he’s doing something useful), and placebo operations have even been shown to improve angina. That’s”
― Bad Science
― Bad Science
Yugoslav Wars
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Many books have been written about the conflict known alternatively as the domovinski rat (“war of independence”), agresija protiv Republike BiH (“agg ...more
Romany Literature
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— last activity Jan 13, 2023 01:57PM
Much has been written about the Romanies, some of it romantic, some poisonous, most of it ill-informed. But what do the Romanies themselves say? Alas, ...more
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