In this interview with Bar & Bench's Debayan Roy, Justice Kaul states that though his own home was burnt down during the Kashmiri pandit exodus, his own experience did not affect the judgment he delivered in any way
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Prophet T also tried to match-make for me at the Synagogue. One day as we were in his sitting room, he sent for a lady; the lady came and knelt down at his feet. I cannot remember what they discussed but after she left, Prophet T turned to me and said “Se e like lady yen?” (Do you like that lady?). According to him, she was a good girl. By this time a bonding had developed between Prophet T and me; so I actually gave his proposition a thought. The next day on my way to the Synagogue, I muted a simple wish: If Esther is it, let her be in the church and cause me to recognise her instantly! I hadn’t looked in her direction as she knelt before Prophet T the day before; so I never thought I could pick her out of a crowd. I entered the church and moved to the front rows by the altar and, lo and behold, Esther smiled broadly as she came down from the Choir stand to greet me! Esther and I courted for a while. She actually appeared to be a good girl and was running a part-time co
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Many of us read William Goldingâs
Lord of the Flies in high school â and itâs still being taught. The 1954 novel depicts the gradual descent into barbaric darkness by a group of English schoolboys shipwrecked on a small, deserted island. Its portrayal of innate human depravity was hailed at the time for its unblinking ârealism.â Only⦠it was total bulls# t.
In his superb 2019 work
Humankind: A Hopeful History, Dutch historian Rutger Bregman documents that Golding had no knowledge of behavioral science and was hardly an impartial judge of childrenâs propensities. Rather, he was an alcoholic prone to depression who beat his own kids. âI have always understood the Nazis,â Goldman once said, âbecause I am of that sort by nature.â So he made up the story, and it wasnât about childrenâs dark nature, but his own.