Hindustan Times
In my column today (Save social media from itself, put an end to anonymity), I argue that anonymity in the virtual world — the one armour that hostiles on the Internet use to create trouble, chaos and even public disorder as we saw recently — must end. Blame it on technology, its falling cost, its abuse, but if we take a few steps within, the problem remains human. Read more
(11 votes, average: 3 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at 9:14 pm
Filed under India, religion · Tagged Cutting the Edge, defamatory content, Gautam Chikermane, hindustan times, Indian Psychology Institute, Internet, Karnataka, Matthijs Cornelissen, Mumbai, news, public disorder, social media, technology, Twitter, Western psychology
Every year, as India celebrates Independence Day, there is one hero who escapes our attention. Today, on India’s 65 I-Day celebrations, a minute of deep silence — Silence — on the 140th birth anniversary of freedom fighter and spiritual guru Sri Aurobindo, whose words, ideas and actions will outlive history. Read more
(25 votes, average: 4.64 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at 8:19 pm
Filed under India, religion · Tagged Bande Mataram, communism, conservatism, Cutting the Edge, democracy, Gautam Chikermane, Gita, hindustan times, Independence Day, Karmayogin, liberalism, news, Savitri, self-determination, socialism and capitalism, Sri Aurobindo, War, yoga
How silly of me, how naïve! All this while I was thinking that the practical ban — not a legal one, please note — on Peter Heehs’s biography of Sri Aurobindo was because a few people felt he “denigrated” this great poet-seer. Read more
(22 votes, average: 4.18 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Gautam Chikermane on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at 9:07 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Ashram, Gautam Chikermane, hindustan times, news, Park Guest House, Peter Heehs, poet-seer, political activist, real estate, spiritual leader, Sri Aurobindo, The Lives of Sri Aurobindo, TN Chaturvedi
