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AAP Supporters need to be more practical and break out of this hurt-complain-apology cycles

I mean AAP supporters; not leaders and not members… because supporters have a big hand in building or breaking a political organization…. Two days back I wrote on my take on Dr. Kumar Vishwas’s 6 year old comment on malayali nurses…. More than congress or BJP supporters it was AAP supporters who commented and emailed me on how much Kumar’s comments hurt them and that … Continue reading AAP Supporters need to be more practical and break out of this hurt-complain-apology cycles

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Hi AAP – We have a small problem

I know that you have started governing Delhi and at the same time preparing for the elections…. I can also understand that many of the fingers raised at you are by people who don’t like you…. but there is a small problem…. As I write this I understand that the CM of delhi Kejriwal is having a protest against the central government demanding action on … Continue reading Hi AAP – We have a small problem

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Death is always a sad affair – Sunanda Pushkar no more

Death is a sad affair… always…. and it is even more sad to see the world both media and other standing on the sides to find an entertainment scoop when it happens to a celebrity…. The news of Sunanda Pushkar’s death came in as a shock to me because I too was part of the crowd who eagerly followed the recent twitter news… but when … Continue reading Death is always a sad affair – Sunanda Pushkar no more

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“Do you have a gun?” Asked our First Grader

“Do you know that the earth is all about friendship?…” Our first grader asked me the other day as I was driving him to school… Last year I used to drop our teenage daughter to her school and was abreast to the spicy teen news… but my wife took that route this year … so now I get more informed on the first graders problems… … Continue reading “Do you have a gun?” Asked our First Grader

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When an inventor broke down before his death….

Before his death Mikhail Kalashnikov was tormented by guilt…. In April last year he had written a letter to the Patriarch Kirill and the letter was published in a newspaper Izvestia this Monday…. He asks a question that has been bothering him…. if his invention 60 years ago has caused untold deaths is he guilty for those deaths?….. The Kalashnikov or more popularly the AK … Continue reading When an inventor broke down before his death….

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Capitães da Areia (Captains of the Sands) 2011 Movie by Cecília Amado

“Pedro Bala will follow his Destiny…. There is no one he won’t try to help… He will be like his father…. He will organize all the boys in Bahia… And everyone will listen to him….He is going to fight for what is most important in life…..Freedom!” These are the closing words from the professor in the 2011 Brazilian portuguese movie Capitães da Areia (Captain of the … Continue reading Capitães da Areia (Captains of the Sands) 2011 Movie by Cecília Amado

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Watching the malayalam movie Drishyam was like attending a carnival

“Drishyam” to malayalam cinema in my opinion is like what “Wednesday” was to Hindi cinema….. The only difference is that Wednesday keeps you held on to the seat from the very start but Drishyam takes it slow till the interval and then takes off with a pace quite unknown to malayalam movies….. While Wednesday made the hindi movie goes speechless…. Drishyam made the malayalee movie … Continue reading Watching the malayalam movie Drishyam was like attending a carnival

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Aam Aadmi Party – My Decision to Support…….

Finally Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party has embarked on the next leg in their political Journey with actual power at their disposal…. If you heard Kejriwal make his address during the trust vote in the Delhi parliament you would have got a glimpse of the Indian youth addressing to a crew of politicians whose expiry dates have been long overdue and some were even … Continue reading Aam Aadmi Party – My Decision to Support…….

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Finding a Way in 2014

There are hundreds of ways out there….. there are thousands who walk on them every single day…. yet when it comes to you they all close…. then you struggle… you struggle real hard and find another way and make yourself through it…. And when you look back…. you will see thousands following you….. In today’s time ‘No Way’ is the way to go….. hope you … Continue reading Finding a Way in 2014

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Detachment – 2012 English Movie Review

The movie Detachment (2012 English) starts with an Albert Camus quote “And never have I felt so deeply at one and the same time so detached from myself and so present in the world”….. The movie is the a month in the life of a substitute teacher (Mr. Barthes) played by Adrien Brody who takes up an assignment at a high school…. His teaching goes … Continue reading Detachment – 2012 English Movie Review

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