Raj Balkaran
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322 appearances
1 recordings
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first heard Apr 2020
last heard Apr 2020
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Well it's uh the analogy that came to my mind, uh
As you're speaking, but also as reading.
some of the material in your book is um music really resonates as an apt analogue in that uh you know, is there music in India?
Well if you mean is there a trouble clef in uh D major with two sharps to indicate that it's D major.
Probably not.
But is there music?
I mean so for me certainly there's certainly there's music in the rich and vibrant musical tradition and
And for me it's a foregone conclusion that music is just perennially human.
Wherever there are humans, there's music.
Not all humans are musical.
Wherever humans exist, music exists, art exists.
And for me personally, uh philosophy also exists.
There are always gonna be people who are sort of scratching their heads examining um existence, human existence, you know.
And so but I you know, also I came from a perspective of being
an incorrigibly philosophical person growing up, and then found um ways to think and talk about what I sense to be true through.
Studying
you know, um, Greek philosophy in university.
I've found a language through studying, you know, Indian texts, Indian narrative texts even.
And so it occurred to me like I wasn't just the first the first moron who came out of the womb wondering about big questions and the meaning of reality.
I'm sure there were
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