‘Don’t look up’ – A piercing commentary on our malfunctioning society — Under a Banyan tree — Barbara Crane Navarro

I wish I didn’t feel so vindicated seeing the recent Netflix movie, ‘Don’t look up’. It would have been a lot better to live in a society that isn’t so accurately portrayed in the film. Critics arguing that civilization is not that stupid, greedy or inured to ignore a comet heading towards the earth completely […] […]

‘Don’t look up’ – A piercing commentary on our malfunctioning society — Under a Banyan tree — Barbara Crane Navarro

A book review I just have to post: Why is this not immediately obvious?

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Ok, Jill, you win: another rant, this time from some notes I just found while looking for some old poetry that I archived. This book review is sadly still relevant, in terms of our society needing to talk to each other, and have empathy for one another:

Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and DeprivationPoverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation by Amartya Sen
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Once again, a book for which I was sure that I’d written a review, probably because I cited it so often during my PhD work which eventually became my MPhil thesis.

I found these notes from 2008, and am posting them with just a tiny bit of clean up:

As I look back over Senn’s 1981 ‘Poverty and Famines’ after yet another argument, back in 2008, with my nice Thai office mate on why America is not in fact the Land of Opportunity if you…

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Minbari Mondays, Comes the Inquisitor, and Testing | Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story

       This week’s report, near the end of our year 2259 CE, sent to us from our future by Ranger Mayann, writing to us from Minbar, where she is stationed: — Greetings, from Tuzanor:           This day was one of testing, for both the Narn and for our order, the Anla’Shok.  First, G’Kar reminded everyone…
— Read on shiradest.wordpress.com/2022/01/03/minbari-mondays-comes-the-inquisitor-and-testing/

Lê Vĩnh Tài | she is a happy ending (141) — SONGNGUTAITRAM

Lê Vĩnh Tài, the Vietnamese poet and translator, born 1966 in Buon Ma Thuot, Daklak, Vietnam. The retired doctor is still a resident of the Western Highlands, an acclaimed businessman in Buon Ma Thuot. Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm, the poet and translator, born 1971 in Phu Nhuan, Saigon, Vietnam. The pharmacist currently lives and works in Western Sydney, Australia.

Lê Vĩnh Tài | she is a happy ending (141) — SONGNGUTAITRAM

Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm | people are no different to trees (234) — SONGNGUTAITRAM

I was born 1971, Phu Nhuan, Saigon, Vietnam. My family and I were a part of the first exodus of boat people after the Vietnam war. In March 1981, we settled in Sydney, Australia. I graduated with a bachelor of Pharmacy at the University of Sydney. I have been translating Vietnamese literature for the past five years in my search to better understand my mother’s language and culture. My translations have been shared through blogging over the past year. I am still a registered pharmacist practicing in Western Sydney. I hope to continue translating, and continue to share Vietnamese art and literature, beyond borders on SONGNGUTAITRAM. (July 2021)

Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm | people are no different to trees (234) — SONGNGUTAITRAM

Lê Vĩnh Tài | RESOLUTIONS WITHOUT A LIMIT (134) — SONGNGUTAITRAM

Lê Vĩnh Tài, the Vietnamese poet and translator, born 1966 in Buon Ma Thuot, Daklak, Vietnam. The retired doctor is still a resident of the Western Highlands, an acclaimed businessman in Buon Ma Thuot. Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm, the poet and translator, born 1971 in Phu Nhuan, Saigon, Vietnam. The pharmacist currently lives and works in Western Sydney, Australia.

Lê Vĩnh Tài | RESOLUTIONS WITHOUT A LIMIT (134) — SONGNGUTAITRAM

Incognito

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Many of us wear the mask of pretence. We show up, not as ourselves, but as how we think people would perceive us to be. It’s hard operating outside of our true self. Every moment is an opportunity for us to have an honest conversation with ourselves and choose whether we will be our authentic self or whether we will continue to live under the veil of pretence.

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