Tag Archives: heroism
Gospel of one’s own heart
Jim is the chief mate on board the Patna, an old ship, carrying 800 Moslem pilgrims in the Arabian Sea. He is young, idealistic, and a dreamer of heroic deeds. One night the Patna runs over some floating … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Psychology
Tagged hero, heroism, introspection, joseph conrad, lord jim
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Heroes and Role Models
People need gods and heroes. Worshipping something or somebody is a psychological need that has plagued mankind ever since the beginning of its history. While God is a projection of all the goodness that man is capable of imagining, … Continue reading
No one Killed Jessica
The movie, No one Killed Jessica, would have been a disaster at the box office had it not been based on a real event. The plot has no realism, the characters are totally unconvincing, and the story does not … Continue reading
Posted in Movie
Tagged heroism, jessica, media, ndtv, neoliberalism, Politics, power, principle, tehelka, truth and fiction, value
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