Join us for a two day lecture on "Nation-State and India: Examining critically and dialectically" by Maharishi at 11am on Sat & Sun on 21,22 Nov.
India’s education is a market-driven, job-oriented and certificate-churning system. Such an education system neither has the inclination nor the ideological capability to equip us with the scientific tools to examine the complex, non-linear, unequal and dynamic societies and systems of India with ca. 130 Crore peoples and the world with ca. 730 crore peoples.
Concepts like Critical-thinking have been co-opted into serving the same narrow goals of the job-market more efficiently and scoring top marks but not for empowering us with the scientific tools to look at the world critically and make it a humane place to live for next generations.
It is from this backdrop, we would like to hold series of sessions at Lamakaan. The aim is to equip the participants with the scientific tools by dwelling deep into one topic and looking at it critically and dialectically using scientific perspectives.
Such sessions help us not only in understanding people in our personal lives scientifically but also help us examine the world around us - whether it is societies or systems - dispassionately with intellectual maturity.
The first topic selected for this series is “Nation-State and India: Examining critically”. It covers
What does a nation-state mean?How nation-states emerged?How ideology forms nations.Is India a nation-state?Pre and post-1947 characteristics of IndiaViolence and nation-statesHow sacred is sovereignty?What does it take to be INDIAN?Crisis of global economy and ecology vis-à-vis future of nation-states
About the speaker: P. Maharishi is a learner and researcher on Marxian Methods of Analysis and Synthesis. While working in the USA and Europe for couple of years he observed those societies and systems closely and enriched his perspective. He wishes the Mother Earth to be without borders, military, police, courts, jails and worst of all currency, which gave birth to all these and some more unearthly concepts. He opines that Mother does not like her children to divide and fight/hate each other.
All are welcome to these interactive classes. Researchers, students, activists can benefit from these free sessions.