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Sorry Sallu: This Mallu is not with you – #SalmanVerdict

The Indian court determines that Salman Khan the Bollywood superstar is guilty as charged for driving his car under influence and running over street dwellers sleeping on footpath. This incident 12 years ago killed one person, another person lost his leg and some were injured. The long justice process, the verdict and the reactions of many of his film fraternity after the verdict is in the … Continue reading Sorry Sallu: This Mallu is not with you – #SalmanVerdict

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You should watch Alice Goffman’s TED Talk

It is true that many of the people living in US are not aware of the real numbers… but United states stands second, next only to seychelles in the number of incarceration per 100000 population. United states has 707 people behind bars for every 100000 people that is roughly 2.2 million people who are kept away from the society so safety can be guaranteed. I will not … Continue reading You should watch Alice Goffman’s TED Talk

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What if after death you find God exists?

What if after death you find God exists? Would you believe in him? As an atheist and humanist these are questions I often get from friends and always I answer them and it is kind of getting boring, anyway I am writing this post so I can direct them here next time. For the people who ask this question I will make a few statements that can in … Continue reading What if after death you find God exists?

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Sabeen Mahmud – Social Entrepreneur and director of the Karachi based Coffee House T2F gunned down

Sabeen Mahmud was the woman behind Pakistan’s first Hackathon. She has also founded a Tech Company and a coffeeshop The second Floor (T2F). T2F as people call it is a bookstore + Coffee shop that takes its style from the old coffeeshop culture in lahore and karachi. On T2F website it says “A community space for open dialogue, T2F provides citizens with a platform for … Continue reading Sabeen Mahmud – Social Entrepreneur and director of the Karachi based Coffee House T2F gunned down

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Crossing Chasms – Prashant Bhushan’s Open Letter to Arvind Kejriwal

Prashant Bhushan’s open letter is out and on the news. You can read it from various sources. While I have my opinions about how that chasm between activism and politics can be crossed, I also understand not everyone has the same view opinion as mine… there is a tug of war that happens within a person once they are in that Chasm.. It is a very … Continue reading Crossing Chasms – Prashant Bhushan’s Open Letter to Arvind Kejriwal

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Religious Freedom or Freedom from Religion

Any Bill that can potentially place LGBT people, people of color, religious minorities, women and many more people at risk of discrimination is inherently uncivilized and wrong. Yes I am talking about the protests against the  Bills in Indiana and Arizona If you are one of those people who think that discrimination if it happens in the name of religious freedom is OK, then you have … Continue reading Religious Freedom or Freedom from Religion

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Vogue’s ‘My Choice’ was good marketing but a poor choice

For me this is not “The Deepika Padukone Vogue Video; Were the rest of the women shown in the video invisible to people? The video just talks about choices… Are choices bad? No… My problem is they spoke about “sex before marriage” and “sex outside marriage” but missed out “sex inside the marriage”…. 😦 Why? Do they think sex inside marriage is less important..? or is it … Continue reading Vogue’s ‘My Choice’ was good marketing but a poor choice

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How Fair is the Food we Eat? – Food Chains that have shackles on one end

I have not always bothered from where I buy food. I have not always thought where the food I buy comes from. That question has occurred, but not often enough that I felt pressured to act on it.  I have made choices between organic or not, freshness, prize, healthy reasons etc…. but where does it come from? not really. What is the story on the other end of the food chain … Continue reading How Fair is the Food we Eat? – Food Chains that have shackles on one end

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Atheism and Morality

Hope some of you would have read about the recent anti-atheist speech made by the Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson. His graphic parable is so stupid, demented, derailed and grotesque that I do not wish to restate it here. But you can read it or listen to it online if you really wish Anyway what this Phil guy comes up with is that atheists cannot … Continue reading Atheism and Morality

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Articles, Poetry

National Poetry Month – The ‘Poem a Day’ Project

April is coming so is the National Poetry Month. Since 1996 The Academy of American poets have been celebrating the National Poetry Month to increase awareness and appreciation of Poetry. I don’t remember doing any project on this occasion before, but this year I am planning to do a ‘poem a day’ Project. I recently did a 30 day ‘Love Haiku’ project that went quiet … Continue reading National Poetry Month – The ‘Poem a Day’ Project

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