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How Did We Come to Grow a Spine?
Ever thought whom did we have to cite the most if we were to comprehend our body’s functionality? Unarguably, the spine will be the busiest of the lot. Like a city’s roundabout, the spinal cord is the fulcrum of control: letting intents turn into actions without hassle.
The Iliad and Follies of Men #MemodWritetoWin
The Iliad, written by Homer during the early 7th century BC, had been a classic epic taking place during the Trojan War. Though we do not know the extent of how much truth there is to the epic, we can see how Homer uses it to show us the follies and consequences of man's actions.
EMPIRE OF PAIN: A Masterpiece on the US Opioid Crisis and the Sackler Family
"The only difference between heroin and OxyContin is that you can get OxyContin from a Doctor." - anonymous mother from Gadsden, Alabama who lost a child to an OxyContin overdose. (This memo is based on Patrick Radden Keefe's book, Empire of Pain).
LBTIQ( Queer) facing sexual harassment in the twenty first century
Some forms of sexual harassment e.g rape are against law in almost every country in the world. Uninvited physical intimacy is illegal for all humans, including LGBTIQ, gender non-conforming, and heterosexuals. Sexual assault is motivated by power rather than sexual attraction.
Should Britain apologize to India
Britain colonized India for around 200 years. The rule started with British government controlled East India Company coming to India for trade and ended in 1947 with partition of India. Learn about British colonization and if Britain should apologize to India for colonization.
Read About These Strange and Unusual Religious Customs!
A complex and multifaceted concept, culturally phenomenon involving values concerning the nature of existence and humanity's place within it. This is Religion. It encompasses various practices and rituals, related to the divine; some of which, will make you question its ethics.
The Untold Majority of Modern Feminism
It isn't weird, or hard to accept, that the concept of Feminism has been taken aback by a specific wave of hatred in this generation; and this particularly has to do with the image of feminists and the definition of feminism either being put behind bars or being altered.
How I heard the sound of one hand clapping.
Zen teachings use koans to provoke thought and contemplation on deep topics. A koan may appear to be a paradoxical riddle at first that questions the possibility of something. However, after self-reflection and examination may uncover profound insights. Here's my experience.
Surprising lessons from The New Jim Crow book
The New Jim Crow - Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness book by Michelle Alexander is filled with solid research, case studies and facts that is a must read, especially for white Americans who don't have to worry about the color of their skin in America.
Gems about culture and life from Fredrick Backman's "Beartown" book series
The Beartown series (Beartown, Us Against You, The Winners) from Swedish author Fredrik Backman tackles family, culture, community, and loyalty after the rape of a high school girl by the town’s star hockey player. The typical good, bad and ugly has never been better aligned.
THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY: INDIA’S POSITION ON RUSSO-UKRAINE CONFLICT
The Russo-Ukraine conflict has compelled most nations to take sides. Most of the major nations have clearly sided with Ukraine with India being an exception which has invited the ire of others. But what is India’s stance and why has it taken this approach? Let’s find out!
A Freudian view on Dostoyevsky's way of life
As a follower of Freud's psychoanalytic theory, it is interesting to compare Fyodor Dostoevsky's suggested way of living to the degrading modern lifestyle.
A 14 year old psychopath and a sailor walk into a bar...
Take a 14 year old boy. Give him a God complex and an Oedipus complex. Make him Freud's worst nightmare and Dostoevksy's fever dream (in a bad way). Do this and you get NOBURU, the main character of Mishima's disturbing classic Sailor who fell from grace with the sea (1963)👇
Life Lessons from the Mahabharata
The Mahabharata is an ancient Indian epic. The main story revolves around two branches of a family - the Pandavas and Kauravas - who, in the Kurukshetra War, battle for the throne of Hastinapura.