Last Thursday Oct 20th I was the featured reader at the willow Glen poetry project and did a 40 minutes reading. I made a Mashup of the reading and here is a 5 video of several poems all broken and stitched in no specific fashion. May be it ought to be Breaking and Stitched in every way possible. Thanks to Poetry Center San Jose and … Continue reading Reading @ Willow Glen
Just read Mohammed Alyahya’s NY Times post “Don’t Blame ‘Wahhabism’ for Terrorism” and I think it is incomplete without some additional comments. So let us talk also about Human Rights and how religion and religious dogma aims at violating it in the Saudi context. I agree that the article is an interesting perspective and arguments that it is petty criminals who get trapped in the ISIS model might have … Continue reading Comments to Mohammed Alyahya’s NY Times post “Don’t Blame ‘Wahhabism’ for Terrorism”
Radhika Apte is one of the finest actors in Indian cinema today. She is not alone in this group of fine actors. I would also add to the list actors like Tannishtha Chatterjee and Geetanjali Thapa. Over the past few months I have seen a few of her movies including Parched and Manjhi and the her role as Binodini in the Choker Bali Episode (which … Continue reading Radhika Apte is one of the Finest Actors; But some idiots just like Clips more than full movies
As Human Beings one of our most treasured abilities should be that we can (if we want) reflect on ourselves and what we do and make changes, correct what we feel is not right and then keep doing that. No wonder why it is important for us to daily think about how better we can be. Past few weeks I have tried to do the same … Continue reading Reflecting on Oneself and Making Changes
Today is Gandhi Jayanthi… Birthday of Gandhiji… Mahatma Gandhi… the Father of Nation in India. I grew in a time when one could be termed un-indian if they do not celebrate it But this year someone has also unveiled the first ever statue of Gandhi’s killer Godse in Meerut; Interesting…. is it against Gandhi or against Non Violence? The remains of the bloody partition still … Continue reading Today is Gandhi Jayanthi
“It is ok to try a lie once in a while” He said with his eyes closed thats how people talk to show they are learned they close their eyes to show they know the unknown He Continued- “because the truth is used to waiting” He paused and took a deep breath “but lies never die, they grow and evolve into newer ones sometimes even … Continue reading Closed Eyes are Fooled to Believe
There is turmoil beneath the skin of the society There are thorns kissing flowers at the crust of a volcano It is no more pretty, the thorns, they have lost their charm No wonder you should not kiss flowers At least not with passion Passion creates a thin line of blood that shows you the way to not one but many wombs.. Wombs from which … Continue reading Turmoil
We live in a world where many wish to say they do not identify themselves with the hideous Caste System. They do not publicly say they have a caste but carry their caste name with them. Some would say it is not easy to change. It might be a bit of work but it is possible. People change their names to match silly numerology mumbo … Continue reading Why you should not Identify as a Caste
‘No’ means ‘No’… ‘No’ in itself is a complete sentence…. it does not need further explanation. When a girl says ‘No’ it means ‘No’, it can be your friend, girl friend, lover, a sex worker or even your wife. When she says ‘No’, it means ‘No’…. it does not need further explanation… it should be respected.. Pink is the latest hindi release starring Amitabh Bachchan in … Continue reading Hindi Movie Pink – A must see for your growing kids; Both Girls and Boys
So after Amit Shah tried his Vamana Joomla on the Indian people I made a video that went viral as I think Amit Shah tries his Cheap politics in every possible opportunity. So the Video went viral may be because it resonated the sentiments of many Keralites who felt the Vamana Jayanthi reference was tearing into the secular theme of the Onam festival. I used the … Continue reading A humble response to the “Cultural Illiteracy” post in Swarajya
Vinod Narayan 