Gurucharan Gollerkeri

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A colonial context to the wars of our time

Empire of the mind

09 November 2024, 21:41 IST

A colonial context to the wars of our time

09 November 2024, 21:41 IST

The Kashi Vidyapeeth founder who wrote of the essential unity of all religions

Empire of the mind

13 October 2024, 10:01 IST

The Kashi Vidyapeeth founder who wrote of the essential unity of all religions

13 October 2024, 10:01 IST

The precarity of jobless growth

It is hard to ignore the sharp rise in the number of young people searching for jobs. Especially in rural areas, gainful employment is scarce, and opportunities for systematic job searches are even rarer.

30 September 2024, 22:11 IST

The precarity of jobless growth

30 September 2024, 22:11 IST

When memory and desire mix

Empire of the Mind: Proust was seeking that inscrutable space where time stops. Constrained by asthma and confined to his bedroom, memory becomes his balm 'for if life is vagabond, our memory is sedentary'.

14 September 2024, 22:10 IST

When memory and desire mix

14 September 2024, 22:10 IST

A deep philosophic and ethical crisis

The normalisation of violence against women, the lack of moral leadership, and the failure of education to instill ethical principles have contributed to the crisis.

26 August 2024, 20:15 IST

A deep philosophic and ethical crisis

26 August 2024, 20:15 IST

The Nobel laureate that never was

Joan Robinson argued a simple principle: Values are embedded in all of economics; that individual choice is influenced by values -- by conscience or the lack of it -- rather than mere rational self-interest.

17 August 2024, 20:25 IST

The Nobel laureate that never was

17 August 2024, 20:25 IST

Dragging our feet on deep science

Lack of funding stifles startups and impedes the development of technology

07 August 2024, 23:33 IST

Dragging our feet on deep science

07 August 2024, 23:33 IST

History from below: The tragedy of a slave revolution

Empire of the Mind

20 July 2024, 21:23 IST

History from below: The tragedy of a slave revolution

20 July 2024, 21:23 IST

Caution: Creative disruption ahead

The Oppenheimer sense of trepidation in some quarters comes from the aphorism that evil begins in the minds of men. In the case of AI, this is exacerbated by the nature of its powerful tools; and their ability to codify and reproduce patterns they decipher.

02 July 2024, 21:58 IST

Caution: Creative disruption ahead

02 July 2024, 21:58 IST

History from below: What colonial-era peasant rebellions teach us about ourselves

‘De-colonisation’ is a rather undramatic term for one of the most dramatic processes in modern history: the disintegration of empire as a political order, and the de-legitimisation of racial subjugation as the dominant structuring principle.

22 June 2024, 21:02 IST

History from below: What colonial-era peasant rebellions teach us about ourselves

22 June 2024, 21:02 IST