(Paper presented for an international conference at Madras University on 28th January 2026) This paper reinterprets Plato’s Allegory of the Cave through the lenses of Bruno Latour and Michel Serres, proposing a quantum-inspired pathway toward a “pluriversal springtime” for humanity—a renewed planetary civilization that harmonizes unity with diversity. Latour critiques the Cave as a modernist “Constitution” enforcing dual ruptures...
Philosophy of Boredom
Life has become accelerated and boredom is a luxury of our generation. The myth of Sisyphus that has set the clock of our life from morning to night. We are trapped in a rat race. Time seems to be ahead of us and it is not on our side and the concerns about the deadlines of the jobs to...
Plato’s Cave, Lacan’s Subjectification and Jnana Deepa (Pune)
As Jnana Deepa, the Papal Atheneum crosses the milestone of its century, I exude with joy for my alma mater and see this important event as a paschal crossing over to us all. In this critical effort, I attempt to construct this paschal crossing over in the light of traversal subjectification of Lacan and try to manifest as well...
Alito Siqueira: A Mentor Paving the Way for Goykarpon’s Flourishing Future
In the heart of Goa, where vibrant culture meets a dynamic community spirit, Alito Siqueira has emerged as a pivotal figure in nurturing the essence of Goykarpon—a term that encapsulates the pride, identity, and resilience of Goan heritage. Through his dedicated mentoring role, Siqueira has become a beacon of inspiration, guiding individuals and collectives to preserve and promote the...
Deimperializing Anthropology
The task of dimperialization of theology might have to begin with the deimperialization of anthropology. Almost all theology is anthropocentric that puts man at the center of the universe and the scheme of salvation. Humanities were also developed within this anthropocentric background. Perhaps, even the contestation of Galielo’s heliocentrism or Darwinian theory of evolution is certainly rooted in an...
Regimes of the Same and Regimes of the other (2) —Disenclosing the Hermeneutics of Production
How does the regimes of the same and the regimes of the other work? This question is attempting to do hermeneutics of production in Deleuzean style. When we are discussing regimes of the same and the regimes of the other, we are doing what Deleuze and Guattari did when they were taking about regimes of signs. But there is...
Desire and Lacan
How do we understand desire? We find that human desire is triggered and nurtured by several factors. We shall take Jacques Lacan’s method as the way of deciphering human desire. Humans are never outside desire. Not to want something is also desire. There is no desireless condition at least on this side of the grave. But it defies articulation....
Is the Reader Dead?
Death is always untimely. Time is not on the side of death. The coming of post-truth seems to have proclaimed the death of a reader. We seem to experiencing the theft of truth. Mass media has become the cheer leaders of the rulers. Critical voices are silenced. With the reader dying darkness seems to have descended on us. Critical...
The Politics of the Face
When we face a face, we may ask: what are you thinking about? or what is bothering you? Deleuze posses such questions in his book, Cinema 1 . The question assumes that the face actualizes or express or hides emotions and feelings that generally testify the state of a person. Thus, the face is space bursting with meaning but...
Philosophy and Time
We all live through time. We keep track of it. We race against it. It is part of everyday experience of life. Yet we do not fully understand it. We also think with time. We think in time. Does this make our thinking linear? Can we think in a non-linear manner? Perhaps, these are important questions that we need...
