How do we see memory, I am sure we all have to recollect, there is a kind of effort involved. What if remembering does not need an effort. What if you cannot forget. What if you can remember exactly what… Read More ›
Reviews
Milan Kundera’s The Festival of Insignificance
Kundera’s 11th fictional work. The Story of the intersecting life of Alain, who has not seen his mother since his childhood; Ramon a retired intellectual; D’Ardelo, a narcissistic; and Charles and “Caliban” who operate a catering firm… Marking the… Read More ›
Love Wins: From Institutional logic to Constitutional logic
Love Wins is an interesting read. A history class of our times through the moving stories of lovers, lawyers, judges and activists who worked towards one of the most important, national civil rights victories in decades—the legalization of same-sex marriage. Written… Read More ›
John Hersey’s Hiroshima – “Everyone who can Read should Read”
We live in a world where people have started referring to Nuclear Warheads like it is something they have seen in a movie or on High Definition TV while sitting on their plush Couches with a remote control giving them the… Read More ›
The Power of a Plant – The incredible Journey of the People Farmer Stephen Ritz
Just finished reading the amazing journey of Stephen Ritz ‘The Power of a Plant” chronicling his mission to grow healthy minds and Schools. The book starts with the statement he made in his 2012 TED X talk “I am not a… Read More ›
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… Read More ›
Mary and Martha – About Malaria, Loss, a Purpose and the Life we Make and Remembering Harry Yirrell
Today I watched the movie ‘Mary and Martha’ a 2013 British-American television film starring Hilary Swank and Brenda Blethyn. The film tells the story of two women, two mothers Mary (played by Hilary Swank) and Martha (played by Brenda Blethyn)…. Read More ›
Rajkummar is a wonderful actor with an ‘exceptional’ tag to all his roles; Waiting for his Newton
There are a lot of Good actors in Indian Cinema and there are some wonderful actors. Rajkummar falls into the wonderful bucket with an ‘exceptional’ tag to it. His movies are ones I will be looking forward for and I… Read More ›
P.K Nair – The Celluloid Man – Watch it now on Netflix
Celluloid Man is an amazing documentary about P.K Nair an Indian film archivist and film scholar, who was the founder and director of the National Film Archive of India (NFAI) in 1964. He is regarded as the Henri Langlois of… Read More ›
Watch the 2014 Movie ‘Match’ on Netflix
Match is a funny yet extremely emotional movie that intertwines us concepts of relationship with pursuit of passion and then finally settles us in that ever needed ambience of solitude. Written and directed by Stephen Belber, based on his 2004… Read More ›
Vinod Narayan 