The most important aspect of any battle, sometimes even more important than winning is the ability to accept defeat…. The 2014 Indian Election is no different from any other battle… The BJP does not give a better alternative than congress when it comes to corruption, at least from its records…. And probably for a majority of Indian voters, corruption was not the issue, and Narendra Modi always … Continue reading Indian Election 2014 – My Thoughts
Mother… That word signifies much more than the letters in it.. it encompasses a multitude of words in one… for some an entire life is filled complete in that one word…. for some it is a reminder…. a check in life…. Mother…. the word, the symbol, the people, they all can never be contained in a single day, Every year Mother’s day falls short of … Continue reading Mother’s Day…. The Whys, Why Nots and the importance
The Publishing industry always had an attire that identified itself differently for the author and the reader…. What happened in recent years with the self-publishing and ‘publish on demand’ services coming up is that attire was removed…. In fact Publishing industry just got out of its shell and became accessible to a wider audience….. Readers transformed to writers…. Even people who never read much but … Continue reading The writer in every reader – Books, Blogs and Print on demand
In the world of Mobiles and lack of time, headlines can mean a lot…. and if not proper or complete it can look bad… the question is are these headlines intentionally incomplete? … I want to share with you the same news reported today by two leading news channels…. and some personla thoughts surrounding it Today I woke up reading the following news that came … Continue reading What Headlines convey – choices made while reporting news
The Book by Gail Tredwell on the hugging saint has put the Kerala media on a debate frenzy on TV and social media… No I have not read the book and I am just awaiting my copy…. But there are a few things I wanted to write about before I even start reading that book… a look at how I see these spiritual industry complex … Continue reading Our One Eyed Society – Life is not an Archery Competition
Social Media is revolutionary and Facebook is a great tool, and has brought people together, got us connected with people we never knew and got us in touch with people whom we have forgotten in time…. But what I saw today I wanted to dislike but I did not have an option… No it is not about Facebook… It is about a picture that I … Continue reading Dislike when people do anything to earn a like
This day 66 years ago Mahatma Gandhi the man who inspired leaders around the world to non violent struggles, the apostle of peace was assassinated…. shot point blank…. by a person who was not able to tolerate something that was against his core beliefs… And even today after 66 years intolerance is the biggest curse that has engulfed our society… be it religion, individual belief … Continue reading Today Jan 30th Let us forget the man in the mahatma and remember the message that made the mahatma
We all accept that Rahul Baba’s interview was a total disaster…. Not just for the common viewer but also for people in congress who saw how unclear, naive and unprepared their proposed leader is… With his anomaly, strangeness, mahabharat ki arjun, RJD, JMM, AAP and many other comments running all over the internet.. it was a very tough and sad show to watch… Probably there … Continue reading Politics beyond Baba Bashing and the inevitable Labyrinth
Here are my silly “low on intelligence” questions and comments… And apologies if my questions are baseless and comments are a bit acerbic…. Baba says he is not scared of losing…. but you can be scared only if you really understand the magnitude of the task ahead…. Baba thinks he can also ask questions when being interviewed by Arnab… but in Arnab’s interviews only Arnab … Continue reading Arnab interviews Rahul – Baba, I too have a few questions and comments
There is no question on the importance and relevance of a fight against corruption.…. The various goons, clowns and crooks have taken a lot of effort since independence to bring it to a level where the average citizen believes that corruption is another arm of bureaucracy…. The Anti corruption movement by Anna and team earlier gave the common man a sense of hope…. Arvind and … Continue reading Beyond the Fight on Anti Corruption
Vinod Narayan 