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A night vigil

Friday, December 5, 2008

I attended a night vigil today on the steps of Memorial Church, in memory of those affected during the recent Mumbai bombings.
Swami Vivekananda once wrote something that I find particularly relevant in the wake of disasters such as these, where the urge to take action often clouds my better judgment.
“We should always try to help [...]

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Standing against the world

Saturday, November 29, 2008

A quote from Swami Vivekananda, whose complete works are available online:
Have you got the will to surmount mountain-high obstructions? If the whole world stands against you sword in hand, would you still dare to do what you think is right?
I am assuming that these rhetorical questions have injunctive force — by asking, Swami Vivekananda is [...]

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Today’s bombings in Mumbai

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

The bombings and gunfire in Mumbai today (reuters, cnn) make me thankful for my comfortable, secure chair here at home.
Upon hearing the news, I felt two things:

I am going to change this. Idealism swept through me for a few seconds, and subsided.
What is wrong with our country? My family is from India, so this news [...]

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