Tomorrow April 1st is the National Poetry Month. Last year I did a poetry project to write 30 poems in 30 days and this year taking it a step further. I will be doing an English Poem a Day and a Malayalam Translation of a poem by an international poet. Wishing you all a great Poetry Month, Read, Write and Be Content…. Be PenPositive Continue reading National Poetry Month 2016
The media is in a frenzy over the Mr. Perfection’s remarks on intolerance. He said he is shocked when his wife Kiran said she fears for their kid in this growing intolerant India and thinks if it is better to leave the country. The people are divided, some hailing Aamir as the greatest thing ever seen on planet earth and others saying he is adding fuel … Continue reading Aamir and remark on growing Intolerance – Thoughts and Opinions on Mr. Perfectionist/Opportunist
A month back as part of Penpositive I visited an Alzheimer’s and dementia care center to read some poetry. I connected with them quite accidently. I have this habit of just typing poetry at places where people do not type like say job sites. I mean who would advertise for a poet. But I did just that and stumbled on this request to do a … Continue reading My First Poetry Reading to Folks with Alzheimer’s
The Library of Congress has named Juan Felipe Herrera as the next Poet Laureate. He will be the first Latino poet to be appointed for the position. And now I guess he will add this new direction to his house :). Let me quote his Poem “Five Directions to My House Go back to the grain yellow hills where the broken speak of elegance Walk up … Continue reading New Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera; A new Direction to his House 🙂
Mark Strand who won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1999 for ‘Blizzard of One’ dies at the age of 80. His poems had that nostalgic tone that tells us time has moved on leaving fragments of us behind…. His poems flow on without the rhyme… the way personally how I often like poetry… a flow not obstructed by the captivity of rhyming When you read Mark’s … Continue reading Mark Strand the Pulitzer winning poet dies at 80
When poets leave they all leave a vacuum, but these vacuums fill up with their thoughts through their words and poems….. the meanings and interpretations of many are yet to be born…. Remembering Galway with one of my favorites picks of his from online….. His ‘Oatmeal’ I eat oatmeal for breakfast. I make it on the hot plate and put skimmed milk on it. I eat it alone. … Continue reading Pulitzer Prize winning Poet Galway Kinnell Dies at 87 – Here is his Oatmeal
To make people laugh is a very difficult task. And to make people both laugh and think at the same time is even more difficult. Robin Williams has made people not just laugh but also think through his memorable roles in many movies of which what comes to my mind now are Patch Adams, Dead Poet’s Society, Mrs Doubtfire and Goodwill Hunting. All his characters … Continue reading Robin Williams – We will miss the guy who experimented on Humans with Humor
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
Asaram Bapu who once said that the rape victim is equally at fault as the Rapist has now been booked for sexual assault of a minor (I had mentioned rape earlier which was incorrect)… Nevertheless This is the same idiot who said that the Delhi Gang rape victim who lost her life last year should have called her attackers Bhaiyya (brother) and begged for mercy … Continue reading Asaram Bapu the Besharam Bapu – A Religiotic (Religious Psychotic)
Curtain falls on a life spend on freeing our society from the blindness inflicted by superstition; Narendra Dabholkar is no more… He was shot dead in Pune by two unidentified youths. As we celebrated another Independence day we have to realize and accept that our society is still chained to superstitions… and the culprits all all around us…. When we grew up we had learned … Continue reading Narendra Dabholkar shot dead fighting Superstition
Vinod Narayan 