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Having a chat on the meaning of life in the waiting room of death

(yet another attempt at retelling Kathopanishad)

A boy in Gaza waiting for death to come in the shape of a missile or whatnot — the thing is: he knows — photo by Khalil Hamra, Associated Press, 2023 (source)

Once upon a time, in a piece of secret teaching known as Kathopanishad, there was a boy called Nachiketa who didn’t notice at first that his daddy was preparing for something really big…