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  • A fondness for the fountain pen, but more so, for writing by hand

    A fondness for the fountain pen, but more so, for writing by hand

    “To sit at one’s table on a sunny morning, with four clear hours of uninterruptible security, plenty of nice white paper, and a fountain pen — that is true happiness.” – Winston Churchill

  • Remembering Sir Roger Scruton

    Remembering Sir Roger Scruton

    A great thinker does not need the endorsement of others. Before the content of his thoughts, which, if they happen to point to truths, his ability stands itself as the gift exemplified. Sir Roger Scruton (27 February 1944 -12 January 2020) shall be remembered as one such thinker.

  • Working with artists on Twitter – a privilege, a pleasure

    Working with artists on Twitter – a privilege, a pleasure

    I was just recalling in the last post about how more of my time was spent engaging with others.  A lot of that engagement did come through Twitter.  As many have found, it is a medium that allows for speed and brevity.  Brevity, too, is not so much an issue now because it is easy […]

  • Returning to writing after a gap

    Returning to writing after a gap

    There is the possibility for greater communication through writing – much of it finding efficacy and peace due to privacy. Social networking seems to have put all that used to remain private out in the open. Maybe, there is still a getting used to this and a regaining of balance.

  • Solitude to sustain and nourish “The self”

    Solitude to sustain and nourish “The self”

    The self is one of the earliest realities a person becomes aware of.  Right from the time a child is born, he becomes aware of his own self.  He senses and responds to his environment.  He feels hunger, pain, and also the pleasurable sensations of being held and fed.  In all of this, the child […]

  • The continued need for writing

    The continued need for writing

    “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”— Maya Angelou (I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings) “What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the […]

  • Certain kinds of knowledge and the preservation of sincerity – with some thoughts from Thomas Carlyle

    Certain kinds of knowledge and the preservation of sincerity – with some thoughts from Thomas Carlyle

    At a certain time in life, and not necessarily as a cause for or a result of an existential crisis, one might be confronted by certain questions.  Those questions are about what one perceives of this world and his own attempts at making sense of what is the reality of our personal and collective existence.  […]

  • Identity and self-expression; with some ideas from David Hume and Swami Vivekananda

    Identity and self-expression; with some ideas from David Hume and Swami Vivekananda

    The act of writing, as one does in one’s own journal or a personal diary, brings a person into a unique state of mind. It is the same state of mind as one has when one is talking to himself. These peculiar practices of writing to build a self-record and the talking to oneself are […]

  • Writing – pen to paper or fingers to keyboard – tradition over modernity

    Writing – pen to paper or fingers to keyboard – tradition over modernity

    These days, everyone is a writer.  That is what technology has done.  From the person who composes a short text message and garnishes it with the perfect emojis, to the one who prepares the agenda for an important board meeting, to the one writing in her own journal, everyone is writing.  Whether there is some […]