LOG 4.1: Thoughts on a rainy afternoon

 Posted on September 14, 2014  |  7 minutes  |  1313 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

14th September 2013 Hello everyone, I live close to the Uni so my daily space is very small. But recently I have visited my old flatmate Lea in Bremen once for dinner and once for their housewarming party. [Read More]
books  bremen  cloud atlas  education system  identity  indian  letters from oldenburg  letters home  nordenham  politics  reading  the egg  train  travel 

LOG 3.6: Five Months

 Posted on April 8, 2014  |  4 minutes  |  761 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

8th April 2013 Hi! Yes, it’s been a long time. Nearly 5 months since I last wrote an update email. In November I went to Berlin for my UK visa, and spent whatever hours I was not at work or sleeping on writing a novel. [Read More]
50000 words  acapella abend  Arthur's seat  Berlin  campus  challenge  choir  choir concert  cousin  Edinburgh  equinox  equinox party  german  identity  jazz  jazz bar  london  long winter  munich  nanowrimo  nostalgia  slough  uk visa  unhealthy mode of work  winter  work  writathon 

Spiritual, religious or philosophical?

 Posted on October 14, 2012  |  6 minutes  |  1271 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

Many people confuse spirituality with religiousness, and philosophy with spirituality. Here I will attempt to tease out the differences as I see them. To be religious is to follow a given set of rules generally defined by an existing system of organised faith. [Read More]
adam and eve  arne naess  carbon cycle  categorise  ceremonies  christians and muslims  conflict  culture  deep ecology  deep experience  define  diversity  duality  duality of language  earth  eden  energy cycle  eternal bliss  forbidden fruit  god  identity  intellectual pursuit  joseph campbell  knowledge  language  maharishi  mantrams  math  matter cycle  meditation  mental definitions  merge with god  mind  moksha  monk  mountain  music  mythology  nirvana  organised faith  particle physics  peace  philisophical  philosophy  poetry  prayer  quantum physics  ramana maharishi  religious  religious philosophies  religious philosophy  rituals  role of mythology  salvation  sanyasi  social  spiritual  spirituality  theology  Unity  universe  water cycle  who am i?  who are we  wolf  yoga 

A Study of Communalism and Identity

 Posted on December 11, 2011  |  10 minutes  |  2069 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

A Study of Communalism and Identity (First published in May 2008) I Identities Preferences and Behaviour Where does the self come from? Identity and our definitions of our ‘self’ are a result of what we’ve been taught from the beginning of our lives. [Read More]
Bombay  Communalism  environment  hinduism  identity  islam  mixed identity  movies  philosophy  reason for conflict  riots  social issues  world issues 

Existence

 Posted on December 1, 2011  |  2 minutes  |  333 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

From December 2007 I think that wasting time is criminal. Somehow, there has to be a purpose to everything. And when there is none, I feel like I don’t deserve to exist. [Read More]
analysing  boredom  busy  conflict  contraction  divide  exist  existence  fear of death  identity  imaginary  J.Krishnamurthi  learn  mother  nationality  nothing  reality  Religion  running  self  self discovery  study  time  true  uniqueness  waste time  wondering  world 

Understanding India using Europe

 Posted on August 7, 2011  |  4 minutes  |  703 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

It is too difficult for a European to see India as one country when they understand it’s diversity is more at the scale of a continent – their continent. [Read More]
belong  british  clothes  comparisons  continent  countries  cultural diversity  culture  dances  differences  diversity  eco-systems  europe  geography  home  identity  languages  music  religions  similarity  states  terrain  united 

Arranged Marriage

 Posted on August 5, 2011  |  6 minutes  |  1161 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

Arranged marriage is an old concept. It existed long before people accepted love (that occurred before marriage) as a valid reason to marry. The process through which this changed is reflected very well in the movie ‘Fiddler on the Roof’. [Read More]
1960s  america  arranged marriage  astrologer  background checks  beleifs  books  brain  bring home  care  caste system  chat  children  concept  conservation  conservative outlook  conservativeness  cultural background  dating sites  decades  dharma  duty  eastern countries  economic  economic status  education  email  engaged  exclusive  factors  families  family level  family oriented  fiddler on the roof  financially  functioning  generation  generations  german  grandparents  heart  hippie movement  honeymoon  horoscope  house  identity  important  indian  indian population  individualistic  interested  introduced  land  legal  logic  love  love marriages  marriage  matrimony site  meaning  meet  modern  money  movies  nationality  number of siblings  obligation  old  old concept  organised  outdated  personal freedom  photos  pity  political  portrya  power  pre-marital sex  profile  reasons  Religion  roles  search  separate  similar  skype  social  social event  socio-economic class  solid respect  spark  spontaneity  ssatisfied  suitability  suitable match  team  thrill  traditoin  two individuals  unacceptable  unfaltering commitment  urban  urban indian arranged marriage  well-being  west