Comments on: Doing Nothing http://www.landoflime.com/archives/read-this/doing-nothing/ Haunting Pasts, Uncertain Present, Utopian Futures Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:17:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: PDCS http://www.landoflime.com/archives/read-this/doing-nothing/#comment-421 PDCS Tue, 06 Jun 2006 13:24:42 +0000 http://www.landoflime.com/archives/read-this/doing-nothing/#comment-421 Shekarpoorna, I will try do more of what you suggest more systematically. And yes, I know about Kannadasaahithya.com, have followed it for years. when i have a moment, I will link all my favorite Kannada online sources / blogs. Pratap, it's been a while I read any Bertrand Russell but I did read In Praise of Idleness many years ago. I am somewhat sympathetic to his argument but I am uncomfortable with a wholesale assault on the 'nobility of work'; I suspect the notion of work that Kayaka embodies or a farmer's work would be a little different. Russell is writing in the context of modern industrial revolution and city life, which sucks the life blood out of the working class and turns arts/culture to the exclusive realm of liesured classes. At best, these workers can be consumers of some mass art form, like cinema but that's about it. From that perspective though I do think Russell is right. A thinker like Wendell Berry would take us further, especially in works like Standing By Words, a brilliant critique of art as a specialist craft. Shekarpoorna, I will try do more of what you suggest more systematically. And yes, I know about Kannadasaahithya.com, have followed it for years. when i have a moment, I will link all my favorite Kannada online sources / blogs.

Pratap, it’s been a while I read any Bertrand Russell but I did read In Praise of Idleness many years ago. I am somewhat sympathetic to his argument but I am uncomfortable with a wholesale assault on the ‘nobility of work’; I suspect the notion of work that Kayaka embodies or a farmer’s work would be a little different. Russell is writing in the context of modern industrial revolution and city life, which sucks the life blood out of the working class and turns arts/culture to the exclusive realm of liesured classes. At best, these workers can be consumers of some mass art form, like cinema but that’s about it. From that perspective though I do think Russell is right. A thinker like Wendell Berry would take us further, especially in works like Standing By Words, a brilliant critique of art as a specialist craft.

]]> By: Pratap http://www.landoflime.com/archives/read-this/doing-nothing/#comment-415 Pratap Mon, 05 Jun 2006 22:49:55 +0000 http://www.landoflime.com/archives/read-this/doing-nothing/#comment-415 Have you read Bertrand Russell's In praise of Idleness and Other Essays ? Have you read Bertrand Russell’s In praise of Idleness and Other Essays ?

]]> By: shekharpoorna http://www.landoflime.com/archives/read-this/doing-nothing/#comment-413 shekharpoorna Mon, 05 Jun 2006 20:15:22 +0000 http://www.landoflime.com/archives/read-this/doing-nothing/#comment-413 What is Land of Lime did give me a delightful reading. It would be more delightful if I can get a sort of comparaive outlook of the two worlds you enjoy. Hopefuly for your delight you can access wonderful Kannada literature from: http://www.kannadasaahithya.com What is Land of Lime did give me a delightful reading. It would be more delightful if I can get a sort of comparaive outlook of the two worlds you enjoy.

Hopefuly for your delight you can access wonderful Kannada literature from:
http://www.kannadasaahithya.com

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