Imagining the Past in Color January 31, 2025
One afternoon, a while ago, while reading Ramachandra Guha’s Gandhi Before India I began wondering about the difficulty of imagining that forgone Gandhian era in color. Whenever I think about Mahatma Gandhi, or Jawaharlal Nehru,...
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Imagined Communities by Benedict Anderson August 19, 2024
This is one of those books that you’re unlikely to find prescribed in an Information Studies seminar class, yet it is one that speaks volumes about the role of language in shaping humanity. And what...
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Language, and authenticity? February 16, 2024
Since the launch of ChatGPT to the public in November 2022, LLMs (or large language models) have caused much concern about the authenticity of text on the internet. The question often becomes, “how do I know if...
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