Empire of Pain +
+If you want to understand how the opioid crisis began, read this. Recommended.
+diff --git a/content/posts/Reading/azadi.md b/content/posts/Reading/azadi.md index 1423980..4ed796b 100644 --- a/content/posts/Reading/azadi.md +++ b/content/posts/Reading/azadi.md @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ --- title: "Azadi by Arundhati Roy" date: 2020-09-30T22:22:13+05:30 +summary: "A series of essays on the bleak reality in India. Highly recommended." categories: ["Book Notes"] tags: ["non-fiction", "indian-authors", "favourites"] cover: diff --git a/content/posts/Reading/empire-of-pain.md b/content/posts/Reading/empire-of-pain.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ad74fb2 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/Reading/empire-of-pain.md @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +--- +title: "Empire of Pain" +date: 2023-06-21T08:49:32+05:30 +summary: "If you want to understand how the opioid crisis began, read this. Recommended." +categories: ["Book Notes"] +tags: ["non-fiction", "audiobook", "public-health"] +cover: + image: "images/empire-of-pain.jpg" + hidden: true + relative: true +draft: false +--- + +[Check it out on Goodreads](https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5590338181) + +------------------------------------ + + + +I remember first knowing about the Sackler family when Jon Oliver did a segment on them, and I remember feeling infuriated. Little did I know about the empire that they had created, riding on the wave of people's addictions, creating and fueling the opioid crisis and absolving themselves of all the blame while at the same time, putting up their names on all the Ivy league buildings. + +It's sickening to learn how the rich always get a preferential treatment by law and society. diff --git a/public/archive/index.html b/public/archive/index.html index c32d650..347c4ba 100644 --- a/public/archive/index.html +++ b/public/archive/index.html @@ -189,8 +189,19 @@
If you want to understand how the opioid crisis began, read this. Recommended.
+Check it out on Goodreads -(For some reason, this review has resonated with a lot of people - it’s currently the top review for the book!) -I don’t have a lot of friends who are supporters of the ruling BJP (well at least the ones who have disclosed it publicly), and consequently whenever the conversation shifts towards the ongoings in India, more often than not, we find ourselves agreeing with each other....
+A series of essays on the bleak reality in India. Highly recommended.
Check it out on Goodreads -Reading fiction has always been a double-edged sword for me. Some of the most intimate moments I’ve spent alone is while reading fictional stories, while at the same time, feeling a pang of disappointment for myself because I wasn’t doing anything “productive.” Is this mere entertainment? Am I just escaping my real-life responsibilities and reading stories of make-believe? While I still haven’t found sincere answers to these questions, I’ve grown more confident of what I enjoy and what I don’t, which has consequently helped me find peace with this conflict....
-If you want to understand how the opioid crisis began, read this. Recommended.
+Check it out on Goodreads -I have had a very curious relationship with religion, although now that I talk to others, it was a much more normal experience than what I led myself to believe. I followed the typical path of receiving a particular religion from my parents (born a “Hindu child”), which had a supporting role in my life up until my late-teenage/early-adolescent years. -As is the norm for every child brought up in religion, I used to consider myself special believing that I had a “personal relationship” with God....
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