Author: Rishvanth Reddy Mucheli

  • Archives: V.K. Krishna Menon at Tennis Club, 1928

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    A photograph of Tennis Club members at Malden, London on June 1928 found at LSE Library Archives. This caught my attention because the fourth person in the front row from the left is V.K. Krishna Menon. He was influenced by Annie Besant to pursue further studies in England. Menonjoined London School of Economics and Political Science to pursue BSc…

  • Reflections on ‘The Story of Ferdinand’ by Munro Leaf

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    ‘Ferdinand’ is a familiar character now, thanks to the Animated film that came out in 2017. The storyline of this film is loosely based on the children’s book published in 1936 titled ‘The Story of Ferdinand’, written and illustrated by Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson respectively. The story is about a bull named ‘Ferdinand’. He…

  • LEARNING TO LIVE SUSTAINABLY

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    “The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it” – H.D. Thoreau French Philosopher Michel de Montaigne said, “that to Philosophize is to Learn to Die”. This pessimism is shared by a plethora of thinkers for more than two and a half-century until Thoreau published ‘Walden’ in 1854, a treatise that…

  • GANDHI AND CHURCHILL: A COMMON FATE

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    Mahatma Gandhi and Winston Churchill are contemporaries of their age. But they are completely two different poles divided by oceans and ideologies. One is the apostle of non-violence and another one is an exponent of war and bloodshed. Whatever they may be in their lives, both destined to the same fate in their own countries,…

  • Nidhi Razdan’s Statement on Phishing Attack

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    Well Known Journalist Nidhi Razdan posted on her twitter account a statement about who she have been victim of a serious phishing attack. She wrote in the tweet: “I have been the victim of a very serious phishing attack. I’m putting this statement out to set the record straight about what I’ve been through. I…

  • Wrapping Up 2020

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    A Reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.”– George R. R. Martin If I was asked to write an epithet for 2020, I would like to say- “Here lies the year of multiple mutinies”. But this year gave some extra time to ‘read more and ‘read…

  • Daily Readings-2020

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    30/12/2020 How a film become something more: https://www.mkgandhi-sarvodaya.org/short/ev43.htm#:~:text=Back%20in%201962%2C%20a%20Gujarati,Mr.&text=Attenborough%20to%20read%20Fischer’s%20biography. The aam aadmi behind Attenborough’s Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha: https://www.hindustantimes.com/columns/the-aam-aadmi-behind-attenborough-s-gandhi/story-MnQTQj7haxzxtQoCAiEDkN.html Why I’m Losing Hope in India by Kiran Kumbhar: https://www.theindiaforum.in/article/why-i-m-losing-hope-india 29/12/2020 Farmers accept govt offer for talks tomorrow; Anna threatens ‘last stir’ by Tribune News Service: https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/farmers-accept-govt-offer-for-talks-tomorrow-anna-threatens-last-stir-190861  Farmers protest: Veteran of three wars fights his fourth by…

  • Internal migrants in peril

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    Virus dragged many sections of the society into troubled waters. This is also because of ineffective action from the government side to protect those people. One such a section is the internal migrant workers, who are mostly seasonal and daily wage workers, who moved from rural areas to urban spaces for work, within a district…

  • Countering emotivism in economics

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    Economies should change their priorities. It is no more the increasing the growth rates, but seeing that the growth is inclusive and improve the social standards of people. Health and education should be the utmost priority. For a country like India, the government should focus on improving the capabilities of its working population and make…

  • TISC Student Column: Shyamaji Krishnavarma and The Indian Sociologist

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    Shyamaji and his journal can open doors to new avenues in Sociology. It is high time we give Shyamaji his due place in Indian Sociology and History To read full article, click: TISC Student Column: Shyamaji Krishnavarma and The Indian Sociologist or read below George Graham Vest, former US Senator from Missouri, was largely remembered…