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Rajesh Kasturirangan
I ended last week’s essay with a mention of the polycrisis, a term that’s been popularized by Adam Tooze of late. It’s a dark gestalt where the whole is…
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Planetary Politics History with a capital H is 'Human' history, a condition of grace that’s only available to a special being, and even for them, it’s…
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The Original Question What is the planet? I have no idea how people understood the Earth before the 15th century when it was the center of the…
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First recite this mantra 101 times: Nothing in society makes sense except in the light of the planet. Got it? Good! How do we make light of the planet…
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It’s been a tumultuous week for the Tagore corporation. It started with T stock hitting an all time high but then the market tanked midweek and since…
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Let me take a minute to be harsh on the old man. I will admit the irritation stems from his writing style: Yeah, like that. The sentiment is admirable…
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A day’s break from the T-man as I reflect on the reading so far. I am puzzled by the following question: In a modern system in which everyone wants to…
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Nature worship: across India you’ll find little shrines under trees and every district has a sacred hill and a sacred grove. So Tagore is right in that…
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Every nation needs a bouquet of founding myths. The US has several: the pioneer heading out west, the cowboy riding into the sunset, Kirk going where no…
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Tagore’s Bengal was both farm and forest. To this day, parts of Bengal are somewhat wild (the Sundarbans for example) but it was most certainly not a…
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Some years ago, the American writer Ursula le Guin wrote a novella called “The Word for World is Forest.” Here’s Wikipedia on the book: The novel…
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