This is not a review but a collection of thoughts that has been passing my mind when I finished reading Paul Kalanithi’s book ‘When Breath Becomes Air’ two days back. I am sure like many of you your eyes were wet and there was a heaviness in your heart when you turned that last page in the book. I had heard about Paul and his story and … Continue reading Thoughts after reading Paul Kalanithi’s ‘WHEN BREATH BECOMES air’
Much is being reported in news over the Bangalore incident on New Year’s eve when women were molested by mobs of men. There is public outcry, insensitive comments by politicians, some arrests and shame (not for women but for the men in the country). I don’t want to use this post to vent my anger but want to put out some personal opinions. Girls and Boys are … Continue reading Bangalore Mob Molestation – A Male Point of View
So who is itching because Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor named their kid Taimur? To be honest I might be an idiot, but I had no clue who Taimur was, but now I know because some moron who was grieved because a kid born of a muslim and Hindu’s marriage named their kid what they liked. and he felt the name was offensive. He … Continue reading Welcome Timur (or Taimur) to the world
On Demonetization I have from the start supported it for the anti-corruption element. But what makes me puke is the absolute insensitivity people in the saffron belt show when someone reports the hardships faced by the common man. And many of them can live on with cards and no need for cash. They have been cashless and cardfull for a long. I recently read a few … Continue reading Cashless to CARDFULL and Saffron to SUFFERON – The insensitive Nationalists
Jayalalithaa… You can love her or you can hate her, but you cannot ignore her. I saw someone earlier call her a Female dictator and find that obnoxiously funny and I asked them if she was as dictatorial as Indira Gandhi who drove the nation into the dark ages of emergency? If I remember correct Jayalalithaa has not used her power to take away the … Continue reading Jayalalithaa – The end of an Era that you cannot Ignore
After the Demonetization decision by the Government which got people to come out and stand in long lines in front of Banks and ATMs; now they also get to stand for 52 seconds before every cinema in the Cinema Hall as per the new rule from the Supreme Court. On Monday, the Supreme Court said all cinema halls across the country should play the national … Continue reading National Anthem; Shyam Chouksey’s Petition and Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham
Patriotism is the emotional attachment one has to a nation that they recognize as their homeland. I am not sure how it works with people who have dual nationality. Also when many Indians take citizenship abroad I have heard them still say India is their motherland. Is Motherland and Homeland one and the same? if so how do you define Patriotism? The issue is not about patriotism … Continue reading Nationalism is not the Love for one’s Nation – Thoughts on the National Anthem rule in India
Today is 26/11 and yesterday when I called my mom she asked me “Do you remember the date” I said NO. and she said today is the day dad died. I said “Oh! and I told her it is not 26th yet here in the US” and she she said “Oh! I forgot that”. But then the fact is I did not remember and I would … Continue reading Today (28 Years Ago) My Father Died
Fidel Castro dies and I am remembered of Reinaldo Arenas the Cuban poet, novelist, and playwright who despite his early sympathy for Fidel Castro and the 1959 revolution, grew critical of and then rebelled against the Cuban government. Arenas’s writings and openly gay lifestyle were, by 1967, bringing him into conflict with the Communist government and he spent several years in prison in Cuba under Fidel … Continue reading Fidel Castro Dies and I remember Reinaldo Arenas
So the Pope has the final word now that women will be banned from priesthood forever. Why should you care? Firstly Because equality should not biased irrespective of institution. Well any discrimination against women is a primitive society learning and uncivilized be it religious or non religious. This news or thought is not different from Sabarimala saying women cannot enter the temple if they are … Continue reading Thoughts on Pope’s comment “women will be banned from priesthood forever”
Vinod Narayan 