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3 Pandemic Lessons from Albert Camus’s The Plague
The Plague is a novel about a plague epidemic in the large Algerian city of Oran. It was written by Albert Camus, a Nobel prize winning author, in 1947. While any novel – and certainly this one – is more about the world one experiences as one delves deep into it, there are still occasions when… Read more
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A Course in Discovering and Recovering Your Creative Self
When someone asks Julia Cameron, “how can you teach creativity?” she says, “I cannot. I teach people to let themselves be creative.” That’s quite an optimistic view of life, i.e., to believe that everyone is creative and can create far more interesting things than they normally believe. But, that’s what Julia Cameron believes who is… Read more
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PANCHATANTRA – Indian Stories That Travelled Around The World
The Panchatantra (Five Treatises) is an ancient Indian collection of stories that most Indians grew up with. These are interrelated animal fables in Sanskrit verse and prose (now translated into almost every major language), arranged within a frame story. The Panchatantra was written at least 2200 years ago – with a possible oral history beyond that – by Vishnu Sharma which could very well… Read more
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Leaves of Grass – Celebrating Life with Poetry
Walt Whitman wrote in the preface to the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, “The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it.” And that has been the case with Whitman. His poems speak to us in the same way they spoke to people in the 19th century.… Read more
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John Stuart Mill and Freedom of Expression
John Stuart Mill, the famous 19th century English philosopher, has had a huge influence on the world we live in today. When he conceived of liberty as justifying the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state and social control, he shaped the idea of America which in turn has shaped the idea of today’s democratic world.… Read more
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5 Writing Tips From Shakespeare
What Shakespeare can teach today’s writers – here is the answer. Read more
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