Rajit RoyThinking in the age of AI“I think, therefore I am”, postulated Rene Descartes when confronted with the question of consciousness and the reality of existence…3 min read·May 25, 2023----
Rajit RoyThe existential horror of the movie “Cube” and its enduring philosophical legacyIn Jean Paul-Sartre’s classic existential play “No Exit”, three characters are trapped inside a claustrophobic room, tormented by each…2 min read·Jul 24, 2022----
Rajit RoyAbbas Kiarostami’s “Taste of Cherry” and the philosophy of Albert Camus“There is only one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide”, said Albert Camus at the outset of his seminal essay The Myth…4 min read·Sep 7, 2021----
Rajit RoyNeuroscience and “Mary’s room”: a sneak-peek into consciousnessAs a student-neuroscientist, I study how the nervous system works and enables a conscious agent to remain functional in a constantly…5 min read·Aug 2, 2021----
Rajit Roy“The Turin Horse”: An allegory for our timesToday I watched Bela Tarr’s so-called final film The Turin Horse. I didn’t know anything about the Hungarian director and had only faintly…3 min read·Jul 11, 2021----
Rajit RoyNihilism in the time of a pandemicI am writing this in the midst of a global pandemic — something that the world had not prepared for since 1918. Globally, there is an…3 min read·Oct 14, 2020----
Rajit RoyThe Problem of Consciousness: A ReviewIn his 2003 Ted talk titled “The Illusion of Consciousness”, American philosopher Daniel Dennett talks about how most people are anchored…9 min read·Jul 10, 2020----
Rajit RoyGenome and the freedom of choice: a philosophical inquiryWhen we imagine life as a permutation of four letters that determine the functioning of every single organism on this planet, the idea of…3 min read·Oct 12, 2018----