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The Imperative For Indigenous Technologies
By Pavithran Rajan In his theory of Mimesis, Plato says that all art is mimetic by nature; art is an imitation of life. He believed that the idea is the ultimate reality. Art imitates idea and so it is an imitation of reality. Aristotle, on the other hand, advocat- ed art as it is mimetic. According to him, art is an imitation of action and the artist’s tool of enquiry is neither philosophical nor moral. Philosophy apart, mimesis is widely prevalent as a survival tactic and the homo sapien has used it in his long evolution. All militaries recognise its importance and cam- ouflage and concealment are necessary tools for deception, central to all…
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India’s Telecoms futuristic dream is not just about 5G
In this interconnected, modern and globalized universe, as every single inhabitant of planet Earth knows, on May 17, it was World Information Society Day. On this Sunday, fight against Homophobia and the glory of Telecoms were reunited. What an interesting concoction. But what you may not know, is that it was previously called the “World Telecommunication Day”, to commemorate the founding of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in 1865, proudly designated as the oldest global international organization. Isn’t it ironic that the oldest global organization represents the telecommunications industry? Indeed, there isn’t any global telcos company that reaches the size of Google, Apple, or Facebook. There is no such thing…
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