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… Read More ›
News
Aamir and remark on growing Intolerance – Thoughts and Opinions on Mr. Perfectionist/Opportunist
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… Read More ›
My First Poetry Reading to Folks with Alzheimer’s
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… Read More ›
New Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera; A new Direction to his House :)
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 :)…. Read More ›
Mark Strand the Pulitzer winning poet dies at 80
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… Read More ›
Pulitzer Prize winning Poet Galway Kinnell Dies at 87 – Here is his Oatmeal
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… Read More ›
Robin Williams – We will miss the guy who experimented on Humans with Humor
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… Read More ›
What Headlines convey – choices made while reporting news
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… Read More ›
Asaram Bapu the Besharam Bapu – A Religiotic (Religious Psychotic)
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… Read More ›
Narendra Dabholkar shot dead fighting Superstition
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… Read More ›
