Sumanto's Blog (4)

We all know that story. God told Mr. Adam not to eat the forbidden fruit. Nevertheless, he eventually did. Well, this Mr. Adam was the first student of Jawaharlal Nehru University (technical not but ideologically yes). Nested in a thousand-acre campus, JNU forms a world of its own. The walls of the administrative block, the schools and the hostels are covered with graffiti and political posters. People sit for hours at different dhabas and debate. Questioning is the favourite pastime of JNUites.… Continue

our dear friend Plato (as one of our professors at JNU likes to call him) once said “nothing in this mortal world is worthy of great concern”. now was that Plato’s existential angst against the uber-slick ways of life. you know -sex, rock n roll and “science”. or my post-facto reaction would be that it was his reply (middle finger) to the oppession, repression, et al -sion…. dearest diary, i am supposed to write something. now i do try and make kinda febble attempt at writing something classy a… Continue

one always tries to project ones deconstructed image onto others. and thereby try to search for oneself in everyone s/he meets. how profound. now what does this actually mean? and to use the most powerful counter arguement ever used in phylosophy/psychology… and all other logies… WHAT IS YOUR FREEKING POINT? hmmm.. hmmm…ahhhh… Darida…lucaks… and all other babas of all other logies would have definitely replied in this counter profoundity. i.e hmmm.. hmmm… ahhh… now that’s something my profs… Continue

(NB: There is absolutely no connection between the title and the content. The writer was trying to be funny while writing the title) Let's face it. We aren't really Einsteins (if you don't know who/what he/that is then i rest my case.) Nor is the Bornvita and Horlicks (things that young people are forced to drink to become tall/thick/strong/clever/human/etc.) going to make much of a difference in the next 50 light years. Frankly it is comfortable to be stupid. [You can ask stupid q… Continue