Ranjit Goswami
- Age: 39
- Gender: Male
- Astrological Sign: Aries
- Zodiac Year: Dog
- Industry: Education
- Occupation: Research
- Location: Kolkata : West Bengal : India
About Me
The journey began in the 1970s to the present world of 2007. Life's changed a lot since the 1970s of my early childhood in simple Indian semi-rural-semi-urban landscape to mid-life blues of our present time when I am in my thirties. From simple vernacular Government controlled radio to Internet... globalization…climate change…increasing income divergence…terrorism. In May 2006, I faced riot in financial markets for loving Indian stock market too much for greedy-returns (with derivatives, sort of everything was gone, well barring my soul - if I have one). The shock and disbelief of the losses slowly transformed into mixed feelings. It prompted me to take a stock of my life. A review of this wandering journey is Wondering Man. In between the 1970s and 2007, there’s been a time span of over thirty years. And in these years, I wondered physically in many locations in various roles; I wondered mentally in the darkest alleys to the cleanest consciences. I wondered in the pursuit of something close to me, but still unknown to me. And that makes the journey forward so interesting. And life always was and would always be beautiful.
What reason do you have to believe the earth is flat?
What we ‘see’ can be so misleading when truth is found, if, the ultimate truth, ever is found. Aristotle believed in geo-centric world, that belief remained with us for two thousand years. Common sense, uncommon as it is, can be misleading too...on a different context, my life is now influenced by Socrates' belief that the unexamined life is not worth living, it's not worth suffering either.
Interests
Favorite Movies
Favorite Music
Favorite Books
- Tintin and Asterix comics
- Maupassant
- but do I indeed read other than that on the net (& morning papers)
- my six year Son now browses and knows more of Tintin and Asterix. That's next gen for us...