Tag Archives: fascism
Lookout duty
When a user asked, “Is modi a fascist”, Gemini AI responded that Mr. Modi had “been accused of implementing policies that some experts have characterized as fascist”. “These are direct violations of Rule 3(1)(b) of [the IT Rules, 2021] and … Continue reading
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Tagged fascism, Gemini AI, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rajeev Chandrasekhar
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The occasional linklist – July 19, 2020
I have been pondering creating a column on my blog where I share links to articles I read and liked. I perform this function on Twitter at the moment, but the attention some links attract are rubbish, and I reflexively … Continue reading
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Tagged diseases, fascism, international students, New York city, Nuclear power, pop physics, racial bias
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Partial review: ‘Hitler’s Circle of Evil’ (2018)
Hitler’s Circle of Evil is a documentary series on Netflix that narrates the lives and actions of Adolf Hitler’s inner circle, leading up to and during the Second World War. This is a partial review because it is based on … Continue reading
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Tagged Adolf Hitler, Berchtesgaden, Berghof, Ernst Rohm, fascism, Heinrich Himmler, Hermann Göring, Hitler's Circle of Evil, interwar Germany, Joseph Goebbels, lebensraum, Martin Bormann, Mein Kampf, Nazi Party, Nazism, Netflix, Reinhard Heydrich, Rudolph Hess, Second World War, Third Reich, World War II
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The sea of metal
Two of the most decisive moments of the Second World War that I can’t get enough of are the Battle of Stalingrad and the D-Day landings. In the Battle of Stalingrad, Adolf Hitler’s army suffered its first major defeat, signalling to … Continue reading
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Tagged 6 June 1944, Adolf Hitler, Allied invasion of Normandy, Battle of Berlin, Battle of Stalingrad, beachhead, Caen, D-Day landings, English Channel, fascism, Friedrich Paulus, Geoffrey Wawro, military history, Operation Neptune, Peter Lieb, Second World War, World War II
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The fascist’s trap
The following lines appear in the opening portion of G.S. Mudur’s report in The Telegraph about government opposition to student protests: “The people protecting our democracy are the people in JNU. They’re taking beatings on our behalf,” K.S. Venkatesh [a … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-national, army, body politik, fascism, fascist body, homogeneity, IIT Kanpur, martyrdom, soldiers, The Telegraph
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The Resistance of the Time
Let us visit the future – a suitable point of time located in one of the many tomorrows ahead of us, a tomorrow far enough to have left The Time behind. What do we see? We see, among other things, … Continue reading
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Tagged Adolf Eichmann, August Kranti Maidan, banality of evil, Citizenship Amendment Act, cynicism, fascism, Hannah Arendt, Jantar Mantar, Joseph Brodsky, Morgoth Bauglir, Nuremberg trials, peace, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Valluvar Kottam
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A personal manifesto
Many people who are unsure of how their work can help put out the various (figurative) fires ravaging the country at the moment often quickly conclude that purpose is best found at the frontlines of this battle. The common trap … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-CAA protests, authoritarianism, Boris Johnson, Constitution of India, Donald Trump, fascism, Jair Bolsonaro, majoritarianism, make good art, Narendra Modi, National Registry of Citizens, Neil Gaiman, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Rodrigo Duterte, Vladimir Putin
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My country is burning. Why should I work?
A few days ago, I found asking myself the following question: My country is burning, why should I work? I ended up with some (admittedly inchoate) thoughts, delineated below. I’m trying to fight off this abject helplessness I’m feeling and … Continue reading
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Tagged authoritarianism, Citizenship Amendment Act, critical thinking, democracy, fascism, individual responsibility, ISRO, pluralism, protest, science communication
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A return to Umberto Eco
The unwavering intensity of his writing, and of his commitment to seem to be chronicling something as opposed to be vainly conjecturing something, is what made his fiction worth committing to. Continue reading
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Tagged fascism, Foucault's Pendulum, Saint Augustine, semiotics, silence, The Name of the Rose, Umar Khalid, Umberto Eco
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