A kakekotoba (掛詞) or pivot word is a rhetorical device used in the Japanese poetic form waka. This trope uses the phonetic reading of a grouping of kanji (Chinese characters) to suggest several interpretations: first on the literal level (e.g. 松, matsu, meaning “pine tree”), then...
But in collective cultures, it’s the integrity and the integration of all of those things that we necessarily aren’t conscious of when we are listening across cultures that we need to be much more conscious of, particularly to check in for what they heard rather than what we said. Claire...
During the past few years, I’ve been referred to in the media as “The World’s Youngest Hyperpolyglot” — a word that sounds like a rare illness. In a way it is: it describes someone who speaks a particularly large number of foreign languages, someone whose all-consuming...
1970, along with the blueprint for the third chapter of Srimad-Bhagavatam Second Canto, entitled “Pure Devotional Service: the Change in Heart.” I have looked over the blueprint and noted a few points to be corrected, so I am sending back the blueprint to you for seeing the necessary...
Not to be dismissive of Indian army members, I always have a queasy feeling when I am in the presence of third world armies carrying automatic weapons, at least these guys were up in the bushes and soon forgotten. The Chief Minister appeared to be a truly lovely man. I had the absolute...
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Why Am I Here? Why are we on earth? What’s our purpose? What is the meaning of life? How do we know if this is where we’re supposed to be? Though the Bible urges us to follow God’s plan for our lives (seeJoshua 22:5), discovering God’s plan can seem insurmountable. At ...
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So. I found out on Friday that there was a 14/16/18 Km loop run on Sunday, sometime in mid of september. Signed up for it and landed at KBR park at 5 am in the morning. Ipod in the ears, bottle in the hands, and josh in the hearts. Met up with some really nice, cool peo...
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