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The Coca-Cola Hello Happiness Ad and why I cannot click the Like Button…

The advertisement I am sharing here has about 2 million hits on you tube….. I see it going viral now on Facebook…. Many people liking it and commenting “what a great Idea….” I watched it and instead of liking it I felt so Bad…. Yes I mean so Bad…. no nothing against the company or the advertisement….. I am happy that seeing that advertisement many … Continue reading The Coca-Cola Hello Happiness Ad and why I cannot click the Like Button…

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Life on the Road – Kitra Cahana’s TED talk – My Thoughts

A very thought provoking talk indeed…. As I watched it I saw the existence of an even bigger disconnect between people in an “on the road” life and the people in the so called “Boring routine life” and the post is all about understanding that disconnect…. Freedom; it is true that there are so many who cannot easily embrace it even if they want to…. … Continue reading Life on the Road – Kitra Cahana’s TED talk – My Thoughts

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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 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

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Today Jan 30th Let us forget the man in the mahatma and remember the message that made the mahatma

This day 66 years ago Mahatma Gandhi the man who inspired leaders around the world to non violent struggles, the apostle of peace was assassinated…. shot point blank…. by a person who was not able to tolerate something that was against his core beliefs… And even today after 66 years intolerance is the biggest curse that has engulfed our society… be it religion, individual belief … Continue reading Today Jan 30th Let us forget the man in the mahatma and remember the message that made the mahatma

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Beyond the Fight on Anti Corruption

There is no question on the importance and relevance of a fight against corruption.…. The various goons, clowns and crooks have taken a lot of effort since independence to bring it to a level where the average citizen believes that corruption is another arm of bureaucracy…. The Anti corruption movement by Anna and team earlier gave the common man a sense of hope…. Arvind and … Continue reading Beyond the Fight on Anti Corruption

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Hi AAP – We have a small problem

I know that you have started governing Delhi and at the same time preparing for the elections…. I can also understand that many of the fingers raised at you are by people who don’t like you…. but there is a small problem…. As I write this I understand that the CM of delhi Kejriwal is having a protest against the central government demanding action on … Continue reading Hi AAP – We have a small problem

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Arunachalam Muruganantham – The Sanitary Talk

It takes guts to walk away from something that the world is running for…. Money! Meet Arunachalam Muruganandan who owns the patent for the the machine that can make the lowest cost sanitary napkins… and his ambition to provide that knowledge to women in rural India and create employment for 1 million women….. The interesting thing about innovations and ideas are they can either build … Continue reading Arunachalam Muruganantham – The Sanitary Talk

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Some interesting comments and responses to my Asaram post

My recent Asaram post got me three interesting responses including the title “Illiterate Fool” and they warranted a post by itself.. I have added my responses as well…. Commenter-1 You are a literate fool. That picture is of Osho follower Virato and his wife. These can be found easily over the internet. Who reads your books, articles, stories? You cannot write such a simple article … Continue reading Some interesting comments and responses to my Asaram post

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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 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)

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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 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

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