Pi Gamma

Welcome to Pi Gamma. Pi Gamma occasionally publishes philosophical pieces that deserve a little exposure. Originally, Pi Alpha (Philosophical Investigations) began its life under the Philosophical Society of England, as a collaborative knowledge work. Pi Beta was and is a reinvention of Pi Alpha, a more traditional philosophy page. This, at one point, rose to no. 7 in the UK. Pi Gamma began its life as a mirror of Pi Beta. It now contains an original set of 2015-2022 Pi Beta articles (about 100 more than Pi Beta itself), and focuses on fresh material. Thomas O. Scarborough.

A Thank You Note to Myself

by Priyanka Gupta

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is an extract from Priyanka Gupta's new book, Journeys Beyond and Within. The extract is selected for its ambiguity and paradoxicality—in short, for its thought-provoking nature. The title of this post is hers.

What you forget is that you’ve always been fearless.

Remember when you were a little girl? Every evening you waited for your father to return home on his scooter. As soon as you heard him, you stuttered out some unformed words and wailed. Your parents understood.

You wanted to ride the two-wheeler. You cried until he put you down in its leg space. Only a few months old, you couldn’t stand. Sitting down, you clutched the plastic baggage holder up front.

As the scooter vroom-vroomed, you giggled, your cheeks wet with tears.

Your parents say you were stubborn. That you weren’t scared.

Think of that girl. Weren’t you her?