Nevertheless, she points out, the insistence that inequality undermines democratic societies has been amply vindicated. As divergences in wealth and circumstance deepened, and the welfare state became a minimalist safety net, faith in the social contract eroded and identity politics …
Liz Truss doesn’t know about Foucault, but she also doesn’t care | Charlotte Lydia Riley
I would feel uncomfortable marking Liz Truss’s homework in public like this, except that she was never really trying to understand Foucault. In fact, on the right, it is a badge of honour not to understand or care about these …
How can I find a balance? My rugged dedication to optimism feels questionable | Leading questions
These experiences have provoked something of an existential crisis in me. I still feel an optimistic outlook is, fundamentally, the only way to keep going – otherwise what’s the point? How can I find a comfortable and balanced place in …
Mokshada Ekadasi – 25 Dec 2020
“Parvata Muni replied, ‘During the light fortnight of the month of Margashirsha there occurs an Ekadasi called Mokshada. If you observe this sacred Ekadasi strictly, fasting fully, and transfer the merit you obtain to your suffering father, he will be …
His Divine Grace Gaurakishore Dasa Babaji Maharaja
Being fully renounced he could clearly distinguish genuine devotees from imposters and would bluntly expose charlatans. Although he was much sought after by people, he shunned the association of the general masses, sometimes closeting himself in public latrines to …
Utthana Ekadasi – 26 Nov 2020
Lord Brahma replied, “If a person eats once at midday on Ekadasi, the sins of his previous birth are erased, if he eats supper, the sins acquired during his previous two births are removed, and if he fasts completely, the …
‘I could make a little difference in the world but it seems like a lot of work. Is it worth trying?’
I feel like maybe if I started door knocking or something I could maybe make a difference. But it seems like a lot of work and I don’t know the first thing about it. It might take up a lot …
Rama Ekadasi – 11 Nov 2020
Yudhisthira Maharaj said, “O Janardana, protector of all beings, kindly bestow upon me knowledge of the Ekadasi that falls in the dark fortnight (krishna paksha) of the month of Kartika (October – November).” “Shobhana replied, ‘When I fasted on Rama …
Bahulashtami: Appearance Day of Radha Kunda
Bahulashtami is the eighth day of the Krishna paksha of Kartika Masa. It was on this day at midnight that Radha Kund appeared. This how the events leading to creation of Radha Kund unfolded: “Why is Rādhā-kuṇḍa so exalted? The …
John Gray: ‘What can we learn from cats? Don’t live in an imagined future’
Readers of Gray will recognise this book as a postscript or coda to Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals, the 2002 bestseller in which he elegantly dismantled the history of western philosophy – with its illusory faith in …