Misc Rants and Musings

Songs of Love and Hate

It’s 1:30 am and I’m listening to Leonard Cohen singing “Did you ever go clear?”, looking at the fragments of my life scattered in the aftermath of a breakup. A breakup. I suppose it doesn’t behove a man of science to display feelings but we can’t help being human once in a while. “Avalanche” and “Famous Blue Raincoat” are two of my favourite songs, “If I am on a pedestal, you didn’t raise me there, your laws do not compel me to kneel grotesque and bare”. In many respects Cohen is incomparable in what he brings to music. These songs have long been emblazoned into my brain and these echoes remind me of the infinite pathos that man’s resolute soul can bring upon itself to bear....

Posted on: 2020-06-05, tags: random musings personal

The Politician

I’m too old to be watching TV (or web) series. I think too much. My mind finds patterns in things which maybe aren’t there and I feel there’re many powerful undercurrents to “The Politician” on Netflix which makes me love it. If you haven’t heard of it yet, it’s about this young man who’s tried to plot his course towards the US Presidency for as long as he can remember. He’s studied all the facets and requirements, he’s traced everything in common and he pursues his goal without qualms and seemingly without a conscience....

Posted on: 2019-11-06, tags: random musings

Akshay Badola

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