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Welcome to Dharavi where residents are reaching for the sky. They want Dharavi to surpass London as a great city. Unlike the poverty tourism and accolades awarded to communitarian slum living by the likes of Prince Charles and Kevin McCloud, Dharavi residents think big. Sadhvi Sharma takes us through the streets and introduces us to aspirant families for whom Dharavi is a place of transition. The least we can do, she argues, is support their aspirations.Welcome to Dharavi where residents are reaching for the sky. They want Dharavi to... more
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by Susan Lindauer ............ Hillary Clinton and President Sarkozy might loath to admit it, but the desire to turn back the clock on women rights in Libya constitutes one of the chief goals for NATO Rebels on the Transitional Council. For NATO Rebels—who are overwhelmingly pro-Islamist, regardless of NATO propaganda (see www.obamaslibya.com) — it's a matter of restoring social obedience to Islamic doctrine. However the abaya is more than a symbol of virtue and womanly modesty. It would usher in a full conservative doctrine, impacting women's rights in marriage and divorce, the rights to delay childbirth to pursue education and employment—all the factors that determine a woman's status of independence. That makes this one War Libya's women cannot afford to lose. .. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/recent-news/43014-why-western-woman-must-support-gaddafiby Susan Lindauer ............ Hillary Clinton and President Sarkozy might loath to... more
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"Boredom is an integral part of the human condition that has vexed philosophers since the Enlightenment. But why is Britain one of Europe's most bored nations, and has boredom been given a bad press? Yes, says a new book, which argues that lying around staring at the ceiling can be a vital spur to creativity"
Andrew Anthony
The Observer, Sunday 17 July 2011
[For anyone who is unfamiliar with The Observer - it is the Sunday edition of The Guardian]"Boredom is an integral part of the human condition that has vexed philosophers... more
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Is NOIDA/GREATER NOIDA, the present modern face of Uttar Pradesh in India, FACING the health hazard from the ELECTRO-MAGNETIC RADIATION EMITTED FROM the cell towers erected by the mobile operators in and around NOIDA/GREATER NOIDA?
So far no scientific study has been conducted on the real and possible adverse impact on the health of the residents of NOIDA/GREATER NOIDA from the ELECTRO-MAGNETIC RADIATION EMITTED FROM the cell towers and transponders erected atop residential buildings by the mobile operators in and around NOIDA/GREATER NOIDA.Is NOIDA/GREATER NOIDA, the present modern face of Uttar Pradesh in India, FACING the... more
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The video shows the HAPPY CO-EXISTENCE of the garbage dump just behind one of the modern shopping complexes in one of the sprawling sectors of the upcoming NOIDA/GREATER NOIDA in the present Uttar Pradesh in India…! You can see how happily the holy cows, holy oxen and buffalo are using this garbage dump as a happy resting and feeding ground…!
DOES THE GARBAGE DUMP in the video not show India’s STRUGGLE WITH THE EXACTING STANDARDS OF HEALTH AND HYGIENE expected of a nation-State in the 21st century?The video shows the HAPPY CO-EXISTENCE of the garbage dump just behind one of the... more
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I had a balanced breakfast, and ingested enough caffeine to be excited by the highest-brow of humor. Today is an untypical Monday indeed. I saw this video on my facebook feed, and it really made me laugh. It's a 2003 clip from Barry Nolan's NiteBeat. The host interviews the Lacanian Marxist cultural critic Slavoj Žižek.
Žižek understands that this is spectacle, and plays along wonderfully. I'd recommend watching the whole clip if you're in the mood, but these are some of my favorite quotes:
"Mr Ži-žek, is that right?"
"Slavoj Žižek, but again I prefer the wrong way, it makes me paranoiac, if I hear it the right way."
"You're kind of Denis Leary from Slovenia!"
"yeah"
"Yeah!"
"If somebody tells that Lacan is difficult, this is class propaganda by the enemy."
What is particularly funny to me, is the interaction between a talking head and an eccentric philosopher. It should be noted that Barry Nolan is fairly progressive, he was fired for protesting Bill O'Reilly. I love Nolan's onscreen chemistry with Žižek.
If you need another Žižek fix, this is him talking about the differences between German, French and American toilets.
This has been another edition of Josh Heller's erudite comedy hour.
"Slavoj Žižek, but I prefer the wrong way."I had a balanced breakfast, and ingested enough caffeine to be excited by the... more
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HISTORICAL cycles that took a century to unfold in the West can be compressed into less than a decade in today’s China. And that’s as true of Beijing’s preservation movement as it is of the nation’s ferocious building boom.
The explosion of construction activity that has transformed Beijing into a modern metropolis over the past decade also turned many of its historical neighborhoods — known for their narrow alleyways, or hutongs — into rubble. As grass-roots preservationists began sounding the alarm, the aging wood frames and tile roofs of the ancient courtyard houses that give these neighborhoods their identity were being supplanted so quickly by mighty towers that it was hard to pinpoint where they once stood.
Now, as they labor to protect what remains, Chinese preservationists are facing a new, equally insidious threat: gentrification. The few ancient courtyard houses that survived destruction have become coveted status symbols for the country’s growing upper class and for wealthy foreign investors. As more and more money is poured into elaborate renovations, the phenomenon is not only draining these neighborhoods of their character but also threatening to erase an entire way of life.
Meanwhile the intense focus on the fate of the hutongs has eclipsed an equally pressing preservation issue, the demolition of Socialist-style housing from the 1950s and ’60s. The imminent threat is historical censorship: a vision of the past that is so thoroughly edited that it will soon have little relation to the truth.HISTORICAL cycles that took a century to unfold in the West can be compressed into... more
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Neuroscience is confirming what we all suspect: Multitasking is dumbing us down and driving us crazy. One man's odyssey through the nightmare of infinite connectivity
Very amusing, if somewhat scary, commentary on the impending crash of infomania.Neuroscience is confirming what we all suspect: Multitasking is dumbing us down and... more
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