Surreptitious Radical Maniac

Recent situation across India made me think of how to bring a change. While there are many methods to do it, there are 2 broad methodologies. One is to bring a change within the system. And, the second is to change the system itself. The current government which brought a change (irrespective of good/bad or right/wrong, it's still a change) through the system. And, if you're against it, do the same. Join the system and change it again.  If you think the whole system is to be changed, then, everyone should be affected by the change. The current changes brought by the government clearly isn't touching many people. So, the second form of change, a revolution is not possible. And, India doesn't need a revolution right now. The system works well. It has imperfections, which have to be addressed. Let's address the imperfections by working within the system. What are protests achieving? I often complain that it should achieve something. Most protests actually was...

If you're able to do unpaid internship, you're PRIVILEGED If you're offering unpaid internship, you're HYPOCRITE (maybe lack of a better word) It's simple. By offering unpaid internship, you're creating an invisible or maybe visible line to weed out applicants who won't work for free. In a random conversation, someone told me Washington DC is a slave city. It's not just for unpaid internships, but also work-salary ratio compared to other professions. By doing as such, you're still continuing and propagating a culture which would further continue to divide society by class than actually break it. It can be considered a form of nepotism as you're giving preferential treatment to people who are able to work for free. Academic credit is often cited by these institutions as a turnaround for unpaid work. But, how many institutions offer academic credit? Not all institutions do it. Very few indeed. Graduate school at Elliott doesn't...

Identity... I came across 3 different posts (above) and they piqued my interest in the way we identify themselves. Maybe this is the beginning of all such things, but I'm confused if it's right or wrong. Is it okay to identify yourself as someone or something?? I'd say absolutely. No problem at all. This concept of identity is also deeply rooted in ourselves, on a broader level like ethnicity, caste, race, country, language, etc. But, recently, people started to identify in different terms.  If someone asks me where you're from, my initial thought would be, I'm from Hyderabad.  But I do realize not everyone recognizes it right away. So, I say, I'm from India . But, a person who knows India will definitely ask you which place you're from within India. It's because that person knows that you identify yourself beyond the country India. So, what's right? Is it Hyderabad or India?? Or both? A person who knows Hyderabad will...

My dog... Alex I think Alex is quite intelligent. He understands the circumstance and situation better than not just any other dog, but also humans. I'm quite sure he'd outwit individuals if he was in a human form. Well, I maybe exaggerating because he's my dog and I guess any dog owner would be boasting in the same manner (like the story of Akbar-Birbal on the most beautiful child and I don't even want to compare Alex with any other too ) . Continuing from the last 9 years, I have great memories with him, beginning from just getting him on a cold night when my family was still awestruck that I actually brought a dog, and I did what I told. Anyway, the most remarkable memory is very recent. 2 months back. This morning I recounted when I spoke to my sister and I think my family thinks that I couldn't accept it. Maybe, I don't. Couple of years back, my sister went abroad for studies and returned after 1 year. Alex played with my sister and had fun with her, b...

Why does everything have to be complicated? Why can't at least somethings be simple? No grey area. Just simple solutions. Even the word 'gray' and 'grey' itself is complicated. Why not just be simple? Like white or black. Is cognitive dissonance the primary characteristic of a human?? Why can't something be for certain and absolute? Like a murder is bad, irrespective of the situation. No 'if' or 'but.' Just murder is bad. Why can't everything be as such?? And, what's the whole point of being complicated? Does it solve anything? Or is it helpful?? Or, am I looking at it wrong? Everything is actually simple, but we make it complicated?? Now, I'm complicating the situation of complicated itself. Done with it. No more complications. I'm done with it. I can't be in the grey area for any longer. It's useless. I'll try to be more certain in my stance from now on. At least, I'm done with it for most situat...

Birds... I'm not sure about the clarity of the image, but those small random dots are birds. Do you see a pattern?? That's what I'm thinking about. Is there a pattern? I'm not referring to the image, but on a general way, like do birds fly in a pattern? Especially, these small birds. I used to do bird watching or maybe I still do it. Today, a question struck me. Is there a pattern amongst birds, like the distance between themselves, structure, orientation, direction, etc.?? Did anyone do research to find about this? Or is it meant to not have a pattern?? And, we humans got so used to organizing things also plan to do the same for beings which are not used to it?? It's inclining towards a bit of existentialism, but I'm not looking at existentialism for birds right now. Maybe some other time. And, what makes them do it? It's not like they are looking for food or is it the way they look for food?? It looks like they just fly by having a random im...

Many people claim that India's image has improved in the world in the last 5 years. How do we know it's true?? Can we confirm it just by travel of the Prime Minister? The 1st PM of India traveled almost similar as the current PM. So, does that mean they both enriched image of India? Nehru traveled to 46 countries, comprising of 70 trips in the span of 1947-1964. Modi traveled to 60 countries, comprising of 105 trips in the span of 2014-2019 Irrespectively, it's still a wrong comparison of foreign trips between Modi and Nehru as the context itself was different. And, some countries didn't even exist during the period of Nehru. We definitely can't compare the stature of India in 1947 and 2019 as there is a definite improvement and it cannot be credited to a single person like a PM of the country too. But, let's compare on more realistic terms to what does it mean to an Indian. Did it make a difference in the life of an Indian who is abroad or ...