Aesthetic Blasphemy

In defence of the extended family

I am an ambivert with most shades belonging to the introverted spectrum. Top that with other attributes that I...

In defence of virtual social networks

Virtual doesn't beat the real thing.  There was a time when I looked down on social networks with...

Death by a mosquito bite

For a large part of my life, I used to believe in the survival of the fittest, and us (homo sapiens) to be the fittest....

Some titbits from 'The Information'

So, does the thought arise first, or is it the word (expression)? An essayist asserted that "A word is a tool for...

In defence of integrated rote learning and other condescending stereotypes.

Growing up, there was a stereotype (or perhaps a kind of machismo) that girls were deft rote-learners and boys - while...