Technology solves the education problem to a great extend. The reachability of training has improved much more than what it was years ago… But how do you ensure that there is ongoing process to make everyone educated in the future. In my opinion to get education for everyone in this world, students should be taught to be teachers at the same time they are being … Continue reading Students should be taught to be Teachers
We have learned that Music sets us free and now in Kashmir the all girls band is forced to quit singing because of death threats from religious fundamentalists…. The Grand Mufti of Jammu and Kashmir, Bashir-u-Din recently issued a fatwa (religious decree) against the band…. The Band Pragash meaning ‘light’ is forced into the dark by people who can never stand the light in the lives … Continue reading Hiding for Singing
The other day as I was driving to Lunch I saw a guy with a Board advertising some rental properties…. A usual scene when you drive through the bay area… most of the time you see people standing with the boards shaped like an arrow pointing to the location of the rental properties… and most times their instructions are to never stand still and always … Continue reading Bored…? Be Unconventional…. Break the monotony
There are two routes that I can take when I daily drive back from work .. Both routes are almost equal when you take the distance…. One route 680 is about 16 miles while the other Route 880 is about 15 miles…. quite the same… even driving time is likely same as both these routes have rush during the peak evening hours But I always choose … Continue reading What Route 680 told me
Dec 21 2012 is now in the past…. People feel a sense of triumph now for no special action of theirs. But then many folks I guess feel good when they know about a doom ahead that their senses can happily look forward to because they don’t have any reason to believe that it will happen…. I don’t know much about the Mayan calendar and … Continue reading When the world did not End on dec 21 2012… Or did it..?
Before we cry out for capital punishment, public chop ceremonies on rapists and more…. we should look at how women are treated in our societies…. the root cause of a rape happening is not just the lustful whims of a few…. it is much more monstorous than that and more deep rooted into our societies and affects each one of us…. we are all victims … Continue reading Rape.. Respect.. Reformation.. Responsibility…
Today as the country wakes up after the weekend still trying to come in terms with the tragedy at Newtown, connecticut.. As parents send their kids to school… everyone feels for and wants to show support and solidarity to the folks in Newtown…. A few of the kids from Bedford middle school have come out with an idea… to wear blue and yellow…. the vibrant … Continue reading Wear Yellow and Blue for Newton
Thilakan the wild horse of malayalam screen is now a memory. The towering figure of Malayalam films is no more..Giving us such memorable characters like Kochuvava (Kattu Kuthira / Wild Horse), Chacko Master (Sphadikam), Kumarettan (Pingami), Major Nambiar (Kilukkam) and above all the potrayal of Perunthachan. Even his latest two performance were some of his best namely Achutha menon from Indian Rupee and Kareem from … Continue reading Thilakan – The wild horse of malayalam screen now a memory
Varghese Kurien, the Milkman of India is no more..the founder chairman of India’s National Dairy Development Board and also best known for the Amul brand of products dies at 90…Hailing from Kerala….I salute his efforts in public service…. He was the first Social Entrepreneur I ever heard of….At a time when social entrepreneurship is widely pursued….there is lot one can learn from Kurien and his … Continue reading Varghese Kurien – The Milkman of India dies at 90 – The first Social Entrepreneur I heard of…..
Love being from Kozhikode… the most beautiful down on earth in the picturesque Kerala “God’s own country”. I miss my kozhikode (Calicut)… Interestingly in a recent 2012 book “Pax Ethnica” by Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac, the authors take a look at Kerala along with the Russian republic of Tatarstan, the city of Marseille in France, the city of Flensburg, Germany, and the … Continue reading Ramadan in Kozhikode – when Ramarshnan meets Mammadali
Vinod Narayan 