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  1. bs2 @[email protected] ·

    The idea of a mystical aim for soldiering, and battle as a psychoactive (like LSD?) got me thinking of Bertrand Russel on Boredom.
    > Wars, pogroms, and persecutions have all been part of the flight from boredom; even quarrels with neighbours have been found better than nothing. Boredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
    #BoredomSoldiers #SoldieringBoredom
    In #FloodOfFire #AmitavGhosh imagines a sepoy's regrets..

    #amitavghosh #floodoffire #soldieringboredom #boredomsoldiers
  2. bs2 @[email protected] ·

    I found #FloodOfFire and and the pages about battles. It was the #BattleOfAssaye that concerned one of a main characters, an Indian mercenary, Kesri Singh. Another character, a disgraced rajah, Neel Rattan Halder, watches a British/Chinese battle in Hong Kong and muses about how unfair it is that battles determine so much. Along with the #BattleOfKerbala he mentions #Panipat and #Plassey.
    #AmitavGhosh
    #Battles #Assaye #Kerbala #Gaugamela
    nytimes.com/2015/08/30/books/r
    worldliteraturetoday.org/2015/

    #gaugamela #kerbala #assaye #battles #amitavghosh #plassey