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Armenia and Moderna

Published February 8, 2021 by Senthil

Readers of the blog know very well that I love travelogues and reading about different corners of the world. In our singular life, we cannot travel everywhere that our mind wishes to travel. We are often bound by finances, the duty to work, and dedication to family (and now, covid). Even if we were to only travel all our lives, one lifetime isn’t enough.

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Review: Christ Stopped at Eboli

Published January 22, 2021 by Senthil

My notes on Christ Stopped at Eboli, a semi-autobiographical story of the year Carlo Levi spent in exile in the province of Lucania (current day Basilicata). The region is dirt-poor, scorched by the sun, ravaged by the history of invasions and dominance. Even the benevolence of Christ did not reach them as they profess that He stopped at Eboli, a large town many miles away, without coming to Lucania. It is illuminating how America shines as a beacon of hope to the region.

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2020 Book Recommendations

Published January 7, 2021 by Senthil

Here are my 2020 recommendations with short descriptions, covering economic history, science, society, literary fiction, and poetry, mostly done in the first half of the year after which reading dropped off precipitously.

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The English and Their History: Review

Published December 1, 2020 by Senthil

Since Brexit, I had always wanted to read about the peculiarity of Euroscepticism in England, and the reasons England voted in stark difference from Scotland on the Remain/Leave referendum. I started with the single-volume history of England — The English and Their History by the historian Robert Tombs. As an engineering grad, I did not take a formal course in history. Reading this book would be an enjoyable learning experience and rectify that mistake. The Brexit referendum would impose that the whole of the United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) exits Europe. The term Brexit, of course, refers to the exit of Great Britain. In truth, it was a slim majority of older, working-class England that was itching…

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Newsletters and Electronic Anti-library

Published October 10, 2020 by Senthil

The explosion of newsletters has some people worried that there are too many newsletters and the landscape will soon be transformed into an unfettered electronic jungle-like social media. In my view, complaining that there are too many newsletters is like complaining that there are too many books and too many magazines in the world. I postulate that newsletters should be treated similarly to books and magazines on the bookshelf in your home library. Subscribe a lot, but read for fun.

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