Harini Calamur's Writings
This from Bill Bryson’s “Short History of Nearly Everything“, my current read – a quote from biologist B.S.Haldane: “The universe is not only queerer than we suppose; it is queerer than we can suppose.†Have just begun the book. I am hooked…
Last week i had posted my reaction at Dick Cheney being offended by the use of the word Gulag. I observed that it would have been so much more humane if he had been offended by torture perse. Bernardo, Yazad and I…
From Blogenlust, a wonderful word kakistocracy SYLLABICATION: kak·is·toc·ra·cy PRONUNCIATION: kk-stkr-s, käk- NOUN: Inflected forms: pl. kak·is·toc·ra·cies Government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens. ETYMOLOGY: Greek kakistos, worst, superlative of kakos, bad; see caco– + –cracy. Are we a Demoracy or…