Tag: past
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Speech From Goan Oral Histories Book Launch
This is the first post in a long time. I’ve been writing more on my Daily Insight site. The writing below is actually the speech I prepared for the book launch for the Goan Oral Histories Project. This is something that bid for and got money from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Selma Carvalho asked…
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Past, Present, Future
Who controls the past now controls the futureWho controls the present now controls the pastWho controls the past now controls the futureWho controls the present now?– Rage Against the Machine, Testify This is also a quote from George Orwell’s 1984. I’ve always thought it’s something about the nature of the mass media being used to…
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Being a Teenager
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…
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Thoughts From 2008
This is a review of my year. It’s another opportunity to be wonderfully self-centred. Hah! On a more serious level, it’s a chance for me to acknowledge what’s happened before I start to think about what 2009 is going to be about for me. I had three themes I was focusing on throughout 2008 which…
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Sign "☮" the Times: 2007/ 08
New year makes everyone a bit more reflective. Not that I’m any different – I too look to how the last year went, and what the next year could hold. I’m not too enamoured with the idea of New Year’s Resolutions though…I mean every moment is another opportunity to turn something around…a new second/ minute/…