James D'Souza

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  • How much can you know about yourself if you've never been in a fight?

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    How much do you know about yourself? In the film Fight Club Tyler Durden poses the question, “How much can you know about yourself if you’ve never been in a fight?” By that measure I knew very little about myself. I knew nothing of what it actually meant to have someone ‘front me up’ or…

  • JDS Insights: December 2011

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    My December threw up a lot.* I hope you get something from reading this (rather long) post. —– December 3rd, very early in the morning, my Father-in-law passed away. I was there. It was something that was quick and slow at the same time. He’d been pretty ill for a number of years, including being…

  • Raging.

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    I have been raging this week. In the sense of joining the Facebook campaign to get Rage Against the Machine’s ‘Killing in the Name’ to Christmas Number 1. I mean – I’m actually old enough to remember when the race for Christmas No. 1 was a race, a novelty and exciting in the media. (Actually,…

  • Voting in a (so-called) Democracy (Part Two)

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    This post is part two of two (or three depending on how much sleep the author feels like getting) of the author’s experiences and opinions of voting during the European Elections of June 2009. The first part of this post was actually written at the same time as part one – it was just getting…

  • Voting in a (so-called) Democracy (Part One)

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    This post is part one of two (or three depending on how much sleep the author feels like getting) explaining opinions on democracy and experiences of voting during the European Elections of June 2009. —————————- 1) Democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried. – Sir Winston Churchill…

  • 25 Things I Don't Want To Know About You

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    So this is from a ubiquitous social networking site…25 random things, facts, habits, or goals I don’t want to know about you. I was originally ‘tagged’ in someone’s ‘note’…which means I’m supposed to respond with my 25 things. So here’s what I don’t want to know about you. 1. How many times you’ve been in…

  • Being a Teenager

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    You never quite know what a particular week is going to throw up on you. I don’t know if my profession makes me more susceptible to the influence of television or a particular craze (be it yo-yos, playing rock paper scissors or links to obscure websites [infoslash.net anyone?]) or if it’s just my personality. Perhaps…

  • 25 Things About Me

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    So this is from a ubiquitous social networking site…25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about me. I was originally ‘tagged’ in someone’s ‘note’…which means I’m supposed to respond with my 25 things. Yay Group Hug Everyone! Here are mine. 1. I have been truly in love only once in my life. 2. I had…

  • Goan Overseas Association: G.O.A.

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    [Edit, Oct 2016: You might be reading this from a link posted on GoanVoice. Note that: 1) this is a post from Oct 2008, and 2) it contains my personal opinions. The eulogy I delivered at Marcus’ funeral is here. You may also be interested in reading the speech I delivered at Selma Carvalho’s book…

  • Teaching – Part One

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    Yes I know my enemies They’re the teachers who taught me to fight me Compromise Conformity Assimilation Submission Ignorance Hypocrisy Brutality The Elite All of which are american dreams Thought-provoking bunch Rage Against the Machine. I’ve been listening to them in the car to and from work. The lyrics above are from Know Your Enemy.…