We would encourage our WLBOTT followers to read this Guardian article. For those of you who have read The Ministry of the Future (Kim Stanley Robinson), you will realize that not only is the suffering of the Delhi homeless tragic and unconscionable, but that the future holds unthinkable tragedy. The question is not whether AI […]
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Ina Mina Dika
Friends, this video will improve your life by an estimated 7.3%. What is going on? That was a clip from a 1957 Hindi RomCom called Aasha. Aasha (transl. Hope) is a 1957 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by M. V. Raman. It stars Kishore Kumar and Vyjayanthimala. The film was a critical and commercial success. […]
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Dreamtime / Kolkata
Circumnavigation series Next in the series Jaipur → Kolkata (CCU): ~950 miles Elder G and I flew into Kolkata on our next refueling stop, as we journey from Edmonton to Perth. During our final approach, we see the bustling city and the Hooghly River curling beneath us. The arrival gate is a busy […]
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Dreamtime / Jaipur
Circumnavigation series Next in the series Muscat → Jaipur (JAI): ~1,200 miles Elder G and I landed in Jaipur, in northern India for our next refueling stop. Jaipur, Rajasthan India Boarding Bites The Jaipur airport has an interesting service. It’s like a door-dash right to your seat at the boarding gate. And what […]
Now let’s follow some semi-sequiturs related to The Golden Temple. A Conversation with Elder G Elder G: You’re thinking of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India—also known as Sri Harmandir Sahib. It’s one of the holiest sites in Sikhism and home to the world’s largest free kitchen, called the Guru Ka Langar. Here’s a breakdown […]
WLBOTT has long been fascinated by the Sikh Golden Temple, in the Punjab region of India. We are especially fascinated by the free communal meals, called “Langar”, and the generosity and egalitarianism shown by the Sikh community. The Golden Temple (also known as the Harmandir Sāhib lit. ’House of God’, Punjabi: harimandara sāhiba pronounced [ɦəɾᵊmən̪d̪əɾᵊ saːɦ(ɪ)bᵊ], […]
As faithful readers of WLBOTT will recall (here and here), our bachelor farmer, with the help of Tess Twinehart, is exploring different religious traditions, hoping to find the best matchmaking services to alleviate his loneliness. Today, our bachelor farmer BB40 is exploring the world of Hindu matchmaking. It is a world BB40 was not expecting. […]
WLBOTT: So, G. Are you familiar with the novel The Ministry for the Future, by Kim Stanley Robinson? Elder G: The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson: it’s a thought-provoking climate fiction novel that imagines a near future where a UN agency, the “Ministry for the Future,” is created to represent future generations […]
Turns out there are many natural formations named “The Seven Sisters.” Let’s look at a few of them. Seven Sisters Mountain, Alberta Canada We couldn’t help but notice the proximity of Seven Sisters Mountain and Ma Butte. (Oh, grow up.) Seven Sisters Peaks, British Columbia Just down the road, in British Columbia, are the Seven […]
As part of his studies, UC#2 was reading The Sacred Is the Profane: The Political Nature of “Religion” by William Arnal and Russell T. McCutcheon “This hard-hitting collection overturns common ideas about religion. Arnal and McCutcheon argue that ‘religion’ has no independent existence but is rather the unstable creation of political and economic forces. These […]