There is controversy and as we all know controversy sells in films…. But when you touch anything that has two sides controversy comes to existence…. but if you look at the craft of movie making, it is a positive cinematic experience… When I go for a movie I don’t expect to be watching a documentary where you then start relaying in what is shown there… … Continue reading Madras Cafe – Memories of the times we grew up
“If you want to hit the ball with your left leg; you have to stand on your right leg” that is a masterpiece dialogue when you look at the what is boiling and in news in Kerala politics… Hats off to Murali Gopi and Arun Kumar Aravind for bringing the movie to us… The whole scene where this piece of dialogue is picturised unravels a … Continue reading Left Right Left – A beautiful Cinematic March
There wouldn’t be many who have not seen Sir Ken Robinson talk on Education at TED… I mean on your Laptops…. it was quite viral… both his videos on TED.com and here now there is a new one… funny and thought provoking… asking us all the questions all over again… “How well do we know our kids?” “How can we help them succeed in what … Continue reading Ken Robinson – Conformity, Creativity and Education’s Death Valley
Asaram Bapu who once said that the rape victim is equally at fault as the Rapist has now been booked for sexual assault of a minor (I had mentioned rape earlier which was incorrect)… Nevertheless This is the same idiot who said that the Delhi Gang rape victim who lost her life last year should have called her attackers Bhaiyya (brother) and begged for mercy … Continue reading Asaram Bapu the Besharam Bapu – A Religiotic (Religious Psychotic)
Curtain falls on a life spend on freeing our society from the blindness inflicted by superstition; Narendra Dabholkar is no more… He was shot dead in Pune by two unidentified youths. As we celebrated another Independence day we have to realize and accept that our society is still chained to superstitions… and the culprits all all around us…. When we grew up we had learned … Continue reading Narendra Dabholkar shot dead fighting Superstition
I don’t care what knife you use Carving, Kitchen or Rampuri I don’t care if it belongs to the chef or the butcher.. I promise I will be impartial Will give you blood in the same honest red color…. Continue reading Knife
Look into his eyes and say…. “Don’t ask me why…. never…. because you have no idea you can never fathom years of anguish burdened with smiles silently wrapping the unacknowledged dutifulness and blind stares at all the overflowing love the habit of insignificance nameless, faceless, emotionless nights and days that don’t end giving… caring and serving and yet not enough….” Take a Pause because he … Continue reading What she should tell him
There is an uncomfortable question in many minds…. some forcibly put it down for varied reasons, some ignore while some take notice….. and the question is simple said but complex understanding… The question is “What options do we have when we see something wrong happen around us?” While we might fall into one of these roles I would believe that taken the fact that people … Continue reading Manal al-Sharif – The Freedom Drive
I am a regular viewer of Malayali house, the malayali imitation of BigBoss … Not just me but my wife and my daughter also join me…. for me it is a stress reliever.. reasons that I cannot explain clearly…. For my wife and daughter we will need to ask them their reason to watch..
There are lullabies that are heard from far away Lullabies that once soothed the whole world but are now born silent everyday… There are Lullabies that are cut short by bullets and swords Lullabies that fall and evaporate on the deaf ears of guilty lords Lullabies that could never stop the cries because they were not rich enough to pay the price Lullabies that were … Continue reading Lullabies they hear and don’t
Vinod Narayan 