by Peter | May 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
I had noticed stories – countless bizarre, baffling and intense stories- of India’s religious devotion. The fact someone was a ‘secularist’ by no means implied they were a rationalist; Nehru’s sometimes contemptuous dismissal of superstition was not a trait that...
by Peter | May 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
In 2010 the activist Chandra Bhan Prasad started a private school and built a temple dedicated to a new deity, ‘Dalit Goddess English’. His supposition was that Dalits, being socially and educationally excluded, should learn English so as to advance. The bronze image...
by Peter | Feb 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
The other week I was visiting Glasgow for four days for its Celtic Connections Music Festival. The following is my account of a disturbing scene while breakfasting in a Holiday Inn Hotel. I saw a couple in their, I would say late 30’s – early 40’s...
by Peter | Feb 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
Naming isn’t explaining! In the case of naming a child it’s linking a ‘sound pattern’ to the newborn. In those cultures where naming is delayed until the infants’‘character’ becomes apparent, naming is synonymous with placing the infant in the same ‘sound...
by Peter | Feb 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
The phrase ‘right hand man’ is a memory of fighting in a shield wall. Most warriors were right handed, and when they raised their sword arm to strike a blow, they exposed their ribs to the thrust of a spear or an enemy sword. The defensive role of the...
