I have always supported the Police force and other officials because as a law abiding citizen I realize that there are people in the society we live, who do things that are bad for coexistence and that bad things are done by people irrespective or race, religion, color and belief systems. Some actions are so violent with immediate effect where as some are not very … Continue reading The Brown Responsibility – Fighting Racism in Our World
Today I woke up to realize that something was changing. I was not able to identify simple things that make me happy. I am not sure if it is a problem or just a symptom. It is true that there has been some element volatility that have started surfacing recently in things I do. So if this symptom I wonder is about that transition … Continue reading Simple Things
This Saturday I took a walk, a 3 hour walk through the heart of South Asian Radical History in Berkeley. Something I would recommend every South Asian in Bay Area to have attended at least once. I was amazed that I never knew about it till now… And if you are just visiting the area you should do this more importantly than the Facebook selfie in your list … Continue reading The Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour
It is quite interesting to note how we bias our thoughts. How much people put their well being in the hands of religious irrationality. Recently there was a lot of hue and cry over Suryanamaskar the popular yoga sequence which was made compulsory as part of a Yoga drill in india and the solution, drop Suryanamaskar and allow muslims to replace Sholokas (hindu chanting) by … Continue reading You need to de-link Physical Well being From Religious Dogma
I had no idea about this movies, sometimes you stumble upon movies like this. A 2014 British comedy drama about a Psychiatrist who travels the globe in search of what makes people happy. To China, Africa, LA and back.. it is a fun ride through out. Watch it in leisure.. The movie is based on based on François Lelord’s novel of the same name. As … Continue reading Hector and the Search for Happiness
Since last few days a controversy is burning on Facebook among the folks because Babu Kuzhimattom, a writer from my home state Kerala in india and the MD of The Kerala Book Marketing Society put up a Facebook post that many people found offensive and say is very demeaning to women. The post is in the image here, it is in malayalam, so I will try to put the gist … Continue reading Even Freedom is a ‘F’ word – The Babu Kuzhimattom Controversy
A religion will behave in accordance with humanity only if it is in minority. The indifference the world population shows to what happens to the Rohingya muslims has a lot to do with putting the Buddhist religion in a different league from others. The western world, spiritual peace lovers and even some new age atheists’ adoration for it as a philosophy and not a religion does … Continue reading Irrationality Can Irreparably break Everything – Be Rational
The religious minority world over cry that their religious freedom is curtailed and they are being victimized for their beliefs. And understandably the religious world every time comes together and rebukes these actions. But my question is what about the religion less, the atheists, the skeptics, the rationalists, the humanists, the secularists who are slaughtered one after the other. Bangladesh, you need to answer… Avijit Roy, … Continue reading Avijit, Washiqur and now Ananta; Bangladesh; Wake up & Voice up
Shobana the film actress has always been one of my favorite since my college days, having seen more than once many of her memorable performances. I always knew that acting and films was one side of Shobana and dance is what she has dedicated her life to. But with some people they excel in all the field they embark on. While her acting and national … Continue reading Shobana’s Krishna – A brilliant Capsule of a long and colorful epic saga
I just read that the Royal baby Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana does not have a poem. How sad… sorry, How wicked :)….. Carol Ann Duffy the UK poet laureate declined to write a poem commemorating the birth of the new royal baby.. The spectator readers are being called to write one in a competition How primitive does one go to prove a point And I wish to … Continue reading The Royal Baby does not have a Poem and now there is a competition for one – WTF
Vinod Narayan 