THE ILLUSION OF KNOWLEDGE
“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it’s the illusion of knowledge.” Daniel J. Boorstin I really admire people who give me an impression, that they are very ‘informed’ people… which means, they are well-read, well-travelled and knowledgeable. Actually, it’s not their encyclopedic mind that I am impressed with, it’s their eloquent speech – the fine gift of gab. These are the Shashi Tharoors around us… They can hop from one subject to another, just like the grasshopper hops from one blade of grass to another… You wonder: What a mind! What a Man! So, do I envy Shashi Tharoors around me? Yes, I do. Am I lying? No Sir… Seriously, I envy them. “But, why should you envy anyone, who even though knows the entire brahmand and even though can present his knowledge with the grace of Brahma Himself? I don’t know why… But, I, most certainly, get a complex when it goes on around me… “You are an idiot,” said a near one, today, when I expressed...