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Monday, July 18, 2005
The many sides of truth
Chandrahas Choudhury is back from a break, and treats us to a fine review of "Akhenaten, Dweller in Truth
" by Naguib Mahfouz, which shows us, among other things, "what a rocky and difficult road is the pursuit of the truth through patient scrutiny and inquiry." As usual, it's an outstanding post, and leaves me gasping with envy.
Chandrahas's posts on books are also often frustrating to read, because he writes so evocatively and lucidly that you want to rush out and buy the book that he's talking about, and it's never available. In fact, for all the malls and mobile-phone models in India, the sign of true progress that I await is the existence of book shops as good as those in the West. How long must we wait? How long?
" by Naguib Mahfouz, which shows us, among other things, "what a rocky and difficult road is the pursuit of the truth through patient scrutiny and inquiry." As usual, it's an outstanding post, and leaves me gasping with envy.Chandrahas's posts on books are also often frustrating to read, because he writes so evocatively and lucidly that you want to rush out and buy the book that he's talking about, and it's never available. In fact, for all the malls and mobile-phone models in India, the sign of true progress that I await is the existence of book shops as good as those in the West. How long must we wait? How long?
