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Thursday, 13 September 2018
14th September 2018
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Saturday, 4 August 2018
Bucket list
Those who would be expecting to read what constitutes my bucket list might be greatly disappointed by this post. For, this post is about the 'word' or the 'concept' of bucket list in general.
So, recently, in one of our language classes we were asked to write a few lines about any one of the following topics:
1) my school life
2) nature (beautiful or dangerous)
3) my bucket list
Now, for people who can read, write, and understand English and also know the updates of the English vocabulary, might think this task a cake walk. However, for people who aren't capable enough to use English proficienctly or are not the native speakers of the language or are learning it for the first time, this is the most difficult task. And I think everyone can imagine which word caught all of our attention. Yes, the word was 'bucket list'.
As for me, it was nothing new. I heard about it a lot many times, used it for many times more and was fully acquainted with its usage. But, this wasn't about me. Almost four to five people asked the same question, 'what does bucket list mean? ' Obviously the teacher explained it to them, later on. But I decided to look into it a bit more.
So, here's what I found. When I searched on Google, it said, 'a number of experiences or achievements that a person hopes to have or accomplish during their lifetime.' A pretty good definition, something which we all know about. However, when I searched for its etymology, I came to know about one more phrase which was 'to kick the bucket' and which simply means to die. The phrase itself was coined to describe how while committing suicide, a person kicks the bucket, while he or she has tied their head in a slip noose. It was also linked with the Christian ceremony of sprinkling the Holy Water on a dead body. Well, there are many interpretations. But the basic meaning is to die.
Justin Zackham, the American and British screenwriter, coined the term bucket list for his own list of things he wanted to do before he kicked the bucket.
What I want to draw your attention to is the fact that how the term about life originated from the one about life. A positivist observation but an observation at least.
Please let me know if you have any more interesting observations about this in the comment section.
Friday, 27 July 2018
Post truth
Certain words like discipline, morality, truth, etc are highly subjective in my opinion. Especially, the word truth, which has remained highly ambiguous even for the greatest thinkers. And let me remind you that this ambiguity has resulted into horrifying circumstances at times as well.
The reason for this sudden highly philosophical speculation is the fact that often what is considered as the universal or general truth is not the actual reality. Most of the times in today's world the general or universal truth is a 'make believe '. The concept or meaning of the word post truth is, in my opinion related to this idea.
What I really found interesting while reading about post truth is the fact that not only has the word truth gone through huge changes in interpretation but also the prefix 'post', as is explained in this line : "Rather than simply referring to the time after a specified situation or event – as in post-war or post-match – the prefix in post-truth has a meaning more like ‘belonging to a time in which the specified concept has become unimportant or irrelevant."
One example of this concept can be the recent events of the murders of journalists. Or the kind of restrictions the media has to face now and then to telecast news about a person in power or an age old tradition.
Post truth, as far as I've known, is mostly related to the concepts like politics or journalism, considered as important pillars on which a society or culture sustains. How interesting!