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Jottings - Slice of life - 242 ( Dr Sigmund freud and Fazil’s masterpiece) ( A word to my readers : My essays are progressively getting longer and longer. I apologize. But on a postive note, I am sure there are readers who would want to read ( in the original sense the word was meant to be understood) with active involvement , not just glance through and will find time in their busy schedules to accommodate this task. Hopefully, the time you invest will not go in vain. Thanks for your patience) In 1900, a book appeared that was to change the way human mind was perceived. Dr Sigmund Freud, an Austrian doctor , handed “The interpretations of dreams” to his publisher in 1899, but the editor sensing the historic connotation of the book and its place in human thought, chose to release the book of few hundred copies in 1900. How wise!!. It was a book whose influence continue to be be felt even today, and Freud is best known for this work among the dozens he penned during his long caree

Jottings - slice of life - 241 ( The nomination of a Justice to the supreme court, context, and a little commentary on the “Me too” campaigns) From the time the declaration of Independence was signed in 1776 signaling to King George III the intentions of the pilgrims to live as an independent community, to the signing of the constitution in 1787, America and Americans had thought, cogitated, fought and wisely counseled for ten intervening years on how they should govern themselves. They borrowed the best of ideas from Europe, from France especially and constituted their own charter. However, It remains one of the greatest ironies in history that the founding fathers of the United states of America, after having spent a decade formulating, debating and refining the constitution of the country; after prolonged deliberations and persuasion managed to convince the thirteen odd fractious states to adopt a common framework of laws and institutions ; after bringing together some of greats

Jottings - Slice of life - 239 ( The unconditional opening of spiritual doors at Sabarimala) The problem with organized religion of any kind is that it quickly loses its religiosity, and descends into mechanical rituals, stagnant dogma, archaic ideas, relentless fanaticism and unfettered authoritarianism. Furthermore such institutions become extended arms of the state, and seek to achieve political and social gains by exercising the machinery of religious systems. Edward Gibbon, the great historian whose panoramic view of Rome’s rise and fall, still resonates across ages writes in the second book of his voluminous history “ The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful”. His words apply even today to all organized religions. A study of Human civilization has demonstrated, again and again, that the truth Man seeks within, cannot be touched