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Arundhati Roy’s "Mother Mary Comes to Me" is a powerful and poetic work that blends her trademark political clarity with deep personal reflection. With sharp prose and lyrical undertones, Roy examines questions of faith, resistance, and the human con
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Sanjay Subrahmanyam’s The Career and Legend of Vasco da Gama is an incisive and brilliantly researched work that strips away the layers of myth surrounding one of Europe’s most celebrated explorers. Rather than repeating the heroic narratives of empi
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“I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex.”
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“It takes a lot of courage to fight biases and oppressive regimes, but it takes even greater courage to admit ignorance and venture into the unknown. Secular education teaches us that if we don’t know something, we shouldn’t be afraid of acknowledging our ignorance and looking for new evidence. Even if we think we know something, we shouldn’t be afraid of doubting our opinions and checking ourselves again. Many people are afraid of the unknown, and want clear-cut answers for every question. Fear of the unknown can paralyse us more than any tyrant. People throughout history worried that unless we put all our faith in some set of absolute answers, human society will crumble. In fact, modern history has demonstrated that a society of courageous people willing to admit ignorance and raise difficult questions is usually not just more prosperous but also more peaceful than societies in which everyone must unquestioningly accept a single answer. People afraid of losing their truth tend to be more violent than people who are used to looking at the world from several different viewpoints. Questions you cannot answer are usually far better for you than answers you cannot question.”
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
“Atheism is more than just the knowledge that gods do not exist, and that religion is either a mistake or a fraud. Atheism is an attitude, a frame of mind that looks at the world objectively, fearlessly, always trying to understand all things as a part of nature.”
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“Ultimately, it is not possible to assign blame entirely to one side or the other. What exploded so suddenly in Calcutta in August 1946 were the pent-up fears of communities convinced that they faced imminent subjugation by the other.”
― Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition
― Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition
“No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism.”
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