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]
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LfE 15: A visit to Oxford and Thoughts in Slough

 Posted on October 22, 2011  |  5 minutes  |  857 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

29/12/2009 Hello 🙂 I have been in Slough, a town near London, for around two weeks now. It has been restful to spend time with family, watch movies, go shopping etc. [Read More]
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Dialogues III

 Posted on February 13, 2010  |  12 minutes  |  2476 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

Dear readers, I’ve finally started to shed my inertia and write properly again. Here is the next set of Dialogues we had. J: Just to clarify, was it the Old Testament which said the earth was flat? [Read More]
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Dialogues II

 Posted on August 21, 2009  |  34 minutes  |  7215 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

S: In response to your questions: What is relativism? It’s the philosophical position that all points of view are equally valid and that all truth is relative to the individual. [Read More]
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Dialogues I

 Posted on August 18, 2009  |  15 minutes  |  3105 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

I have a friend who I found last September after nearly 9 years of no contact. We initially had no idea that we would become close again. [Read More]
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