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Satyapal Singh, Apes, Ganesha, Adam and Eve – Who has seen an Ape become a Man? Tell me?

What is the big issue… Satyapal is My hero…. The mythic Pundits who have become the ministers in Indian Government are very educated…. You cannot question then…. I agree with #Satyapal… I won’t call him an idiot…. a fool.. or a jerk… What is said is very True!!! No one saw the ape turn into a monkey 🙂 or man or human or satyapal or … Continue reading Satyapal Singh, Apes, Ganesha, Adam and Eve – Who has seen an Ape become a Man? Tell me?

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On Group Thinking , Free Thinking & Misogyny – How I was removed from a Rationalist Group in Kerala

The initial title of the post was “How my Parvathy Support got me Booted out of a Rationalist Group in Kerala” but I had to change it because there are so many people in this world who debate/anger/take swords/confront just by reading the Title 🙂 And so I had to change it as the crux of my post is a lot more than the title.  … Continue reading On Group Thinking , Free Thinking & Misogyny – How I was removed from a Rationalist Group in Kerala

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Can companies use Poetry to look deep inside them to find its Being and bring forth its Lyrical existence?

Preserving the Soul means that we come out of hiding at last and bring more of ourselves into the workplace. Especially the parts that do not ‘belong’ to the company. In a sense, the very part of us that doesn’t have the least interest in the organization is our greatest offering to it, It is the part that opens the window of the imagination and … Continue reading Can companies use Poetry to look deep inside them to find its Being and bring forth its Lyrical existence?

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Love, Marriage, Religious Conversion and Underwears

We have all been reading in news that in India there are cases of “religious conversion and marriage” or “marriage and religious conversion”. I don’t know the order in which the events happen. One of the cases that has been in the limelight in Kerala is about Fadia and again there are two sides of the argument. There is one side that says that it … Continue reading Love, Marriage, Religious Conversion and Underwears

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Josh Hanagarne’s The World’s Strongest Librarian is a Must Read

Just finished Josh Hanagarne’s The World’s Strongest Librarian. I picked it from the Library more for it’s title than it’s content. But I should say the content is way more stronger than the title. Hats Off to Josh for writing such an honest memoir and taking people like me into many worlds that I had very less knowledge of. The book’s subtitle says ‘A Book … Continue reading Josh Hanagarne’s The World’s Strongest Librarian is a Must Read

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Shreelancer – The big meaningful existence of indie film captured on a small canvas tuned to a large screen

Movies for the majority is entertainment, and then there are some who look at it for its making, the aesthetics, the technicalities and a whole lot of other factors which appeal to them in a graded value graph. If I see a movie because I was impressed by the director’s previous work, I go with both an expectation and a devil’s eye to compare. And … Continue reading Shreelancer – The big meaningful existence of indie film captured on a small canvas tuned to a large screen

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For Big Ideas to catch on they need Short Films more than Big Names

How does change happen? It happens in many ways but the most powerful in my opinion is when you can create a glimpse that give people a long vision into the future. That is exactly what the young film maker John Samuel has achieved through his 90 second micro short film ‘Allagi’. ALLAGI is a Greek word and means the CHANGE or shift or transition. … Continue reading For Big Ideas to catch on they need Short Films more than Big Names

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Don’t try to turn the Wheel Back by BANNING Creative Work; You will Fail

“If you would like to be enlightened on our society and the times we live in, then read my work. However, if you are unable to stand to read my work, it means that it is our times and society today that you cannot stand.” These are the words of Saadat Hassan Manto when his work was labeled as vulgar and obscene in Lahore. Whenever … Continue reading Don’t try to turn the Wheel Back by BANNING Creative Work; You will Fail

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On Violence and Non Violence – The rule should be quite simple; or is it?

It does not matter what your politics is, what your belief system is, what your religion is, how you are related to me, what your gender is, what your age is or who you are; If you think violence can be a means to anything then we have a disagreement. We might agree 99% of the time on matters of life and death but that … Continue reading On Violence and Non Violence – The rule should be quite simple; or is it?

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Gauri Lankesh’s KIlling – When Free Speech has to pay a high Price

In the morning when I heard the news about Gauri Lankesh’s Killing, I was first numb and then angry and I penned something but then waited. I decided to read more responses. I read several posts and references of ‘Hindu Terror’. But in my mind I said if the Assailants were unidentified how come people call out Hindu Terror so early. Yes there is a … Continue reading Gauri Lankesh’s KIlling – When Free Speech has to pay a high Price

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