Mudit

Gogh with the flow

@muditfx where’s this from?

Challenges in the field, as recalled by a British ICS officer in 1870s Bengal, and an innovative solution

Physicist JC Maxwell had an unusual daily routine while in college — jogging indoors at 2AM every night to make sure he got enough exercise.

– Nietzsche, on the significance of facing hardships

Always reminded of this from The Brothers Karamazov (Dostoevsky) in the middle of traffic while cursing bad drivers on the road

@muditfx Which book? Not from Wounded Civilization

Naipaul writing in 1967. Prescient

Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy

“I am alright, the country is rotten.”

Very informative book I came across recently, makes one engage with Indian geology, archaeology in a compelling manner

Many such cases – Naipaul

Every man eventually discovers that competence is the only real stabilizer of self-esteem; no amount of praise, affirmation, or philosophical comfort can replace the confidence that comes from knowing you can produce results even when conditions are hostile.

‘Mr. Nehru said that the danger in a country as poor as India was that poverty might be deified.’

Naipaul on Gandhi — calls him “the least Indian of Indian leaders” and that Gandhi could see India well as he had acquired his eyes elsewhere

Monet, Olive Tree Wood

A volcanic dome in Balochistan. Look closely and one will be able to notice the sad irony of 1500 years old Buddhist rock paintings painted over by education propaganda in Urdu about free books and education for children by the local government.

One is only truly free when neither criticism nor praise changes your emotional state.

Ashoka the great looking towards the Shankarcharya Temple in Kashmir. by Abanindranath Tagore, 1920

Breakdown of marks for the Civil services (ICS) exam under the British Raj, 1855. Sanskrit as an optional subject, with only half the weightage of Latin/Greek

@muditfx Interesting. could u please identify the book? Thank you

— Robert Stern