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GABO WORLD: Passion versus Clockwork - Nadal versus Federer
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Monday, February 16, 2009. Passion versus Clockwork - Nadal versus Federer. My everyday existence is punctuated by the pleasures of a historic rivalry; passion versus clockwork; Nadal versus Federer. Like all great things, there is more to it than meets the eye. This is tennis as transcendence; a battle between two different ways of being. How does one succeed? By controlling passions, or letting them take hold of you, drive you, to victory? One must decide, which side they are on. The Great NRI Novella.
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GABO WORLD: Indians in America
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Monday, March 30, 2015. Indians, as you may know, have the highest per capita income of any ethnic group in the US. Their American experience, in general, have not been defined by the same strife of the Jewish and Italians origin stories in America. Both those groups faced fierce resistance. And both those groups worked hard to not just assimilate but change - for the better - who we are as Americans. I dont think their bourgeois status automatically disqualifies them making worthy contributions to the c...
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GABO WORLD: No better sleep
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Sunday, December 01, 2013. And then you awake. And a second wind takes you and the clarity and focus return you to the plot. Though you are disoriented, the renewed alertness makes it less distressing. You take in being lost with wonder and the discovery of looking at things as if for the first time. The film. Is renewed, as are you. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Great NRI Novella. I Dream Of Queens. Film Review: Shoot the Piano Player. I am American (Obama). Kashmir, India's Albatross. There i...
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GABO WORLD: The Politics of Dignity
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009. The Politics of Dignity. Government spending on social services in poor districts hasn't improved despite higher representations of lower-caste and historically marginalized groups in politics. The system co-opts these low-caste elites who obsess over further reservations; engaging in unapologetic patronage politics, instead of policies that bring about meaningful social change. . Why do the poor put up with it? Indians don't like being compared to America. It'...Mayawa...
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GABO WORLD: AMERICAN GIRL - NUMB
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Sunday, March 23, 2008. AMERICAN GIRL - NUMB. I was with a. An American Girl the other night. She was from LA with money, pretty and relatively intelligent. Despite all this there was a constant look of unsatisfaction in her eyes. She needed bigger better faster more to keep her attention from wandering. She spoke of her ideal man, good looking, full of mystery and many layers. I told her it seemed she was describing India rather than a man. That is why food is big. Everything big, to finally feel...
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GABO WORLD: Kashmir – India’s Albatross
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Thursday, November 13, 2008. Kashmir – India’s Albatross. This past year was especially good for the valley, with record highs for tourism and economic activity. There were no outward signs that a flare up of this magnitude was on the horizon, let alone enormous, unprecedented, mostly non-violent calls for independence that have caught the Indian security forces off guard. Having been trained to fight an insurgency they now, quickly, are training for crowd control. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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GABO WORLD: America!
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Thursday, November 06, 2008. But today, in New Delhi, an elderly gentleman, got out his guitar during our victory party and sang "The times they are changin" and then "we shall over come" and I saw all those who had been there in the 50s and 60s, who lived through assassination after assassination, and riots and maddness, see the day they never dreamed was possible and in India! Way to go bro! I appreciate your optimism and look forward to the future with some hope. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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GABO WORLD: Identity politics - ie the obsession with race, se
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Sunday, December 01, 2013. Identity politics - ie the obsession with race, se. Identity politics - ie the obsession with race, sexuality and gender in particular - have fragmented our response to the greater problems in society - ie climate change, inequality, and the role of technology in our lives. It is far easier to rally people around push- button empathetic causes rather than amorphous and technical issues that require persistent and unglamorous work that would benefit all of us. I Dream Of Queens.
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GABO WORLD: Wolf of Wall Street - What Doesn't Kill You Makes You American.
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Saturday, January 18, 2014. Wolf of Wall Street - What Doesnt Kill You Makes You American. This movie is America. From our fascist tendencies, to what makes us tick. To what makes us sad and repellant. Perhaps also to what makes us lovable and attractive. It is all here, in a little of under 3 hours, a front row seat to the modern American psyche. Is this parody, satire, or is it just propaganda? The lines blur. That's kind of the point. We have become a caricature of ourselves. Because it's so exciting&...
