"Intellectual" Discussions

If our eminent intellectuals and politicians have taught us anything, it is that one can have opinions on anything. Introduction Bhagavad Gita needs no introduction. I am not going into the background of the Gita which anyway most people would be aware of. I came across an article in The Print:  The Gita is universal and still endorses caste inequality. But story of Ekalavya stands out which inspired me to write this article. This is just a sample out of many such accusations. This article just looks into the idea of Varna in the Gita from a modern lens and does not look into its spiritual teachings. I believe only a Rishi can fully appreciate and understand the spiritual teachings of the Gita.  Just a caveat, my knowledge of Sanskrit language is NIL and hence, I have relied on translations of the scriptures and hence, my views can be considered amateurish at best.    Hierarchy in the Modern World  It is quite obvious that hierarchy is a part and parcel of life....

If our eminent intellectuals and politicians have taught us anything, it is that one can have opinions on anything. Introduction In this article, I shall look into the COVID excess death analysis carried-out by The Hindu. This is my third article on excess deaths.  As mentioned above, I am no expert and my view can be considered amateurish at best.         Analysis of The Hindu  It is creditable that The Hindu does this investigation into  excess deaths due to the COVID-19 pandemic  state by state. Not only do they do this, they put the monthly death data for the respective state so that the interested people have the scope of deep diving into the numbers. I have defined excess deaths in a previous article and am not going into its details here. It would suffice to say that excess deaths can be considered equal to total COVID deaths for the respective state. The below table summarizes most of their investigation till date. As can be observed,...