Arnab interviews Rahul – Baba, I too have a few questions and comments
Here are my silly “low on intelligence” questions and comments… And apologies if my questions are baseless and comments are a bit acerbic…. Baba says he is not scared of losing…. but you can be scared only if you really understand the magnitude of the task ahead…. Baba thinks he can also ask questions when being interviewed by Arnab… but in Arnab’s interviews only Arnab … Continue reading Arnab interviews Rahul – Baba, I too have a few questions and comments
Fullest
I have heard my days sing during my nights fly through the sky kissing the stars and vanish in my backyard after rocks fall on the third shot of whiskey when I told this to a friend he said I was mad… I did not tell him that he lacked the imagination to see life it its fullest so sad…. Continue reading Fullest
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
AAP Supporters need to be more practical and break out of this hurt-complain-apology cycles
I mean AAP supporters; not leaders and not members… because supporters have a big hand in building or breaking a political organization…. Two days back I wrote on my take on Dr. Kumar Vishwas’s 6 year old comment on malayali nurses…. More than congress or BJP supporters it was AAP supporters who commented and emailed me on how much Kumar’s comments hurt them and that … Continue reading AAP Supporters need to be more practical and break out of this hurt-complain-apology cycles
And Now…
And now, after years of solitude you will enter the crowd… the walls to which you spoke your misery will be broken down forever, your footsteps will gain a life of its own and experience sand, grass and water…. your hands will again learn to spread like wings and your caged mind will now be able to fly you are now free… Continue reading And Now…
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
Lucky – 2010 South African Film by Avie Luthra
A small movie with an important story to tell…..in 2010 the director Avie Luthra brought us this story of ‘Lucky’ (played by Sihle Dlamini) a 10 year old orphaned boy.. After his mother’s death from Aids he moves from his zulu village to big city so he could attend a school, learn and make a life of his own… As was instructed by his mother … Continue reading Lucky – 2010 South African Film by Avie Luthra
Death is always a sad affair – Sunanda Pushkar no more
Death is a sad affair… always…. and it is even more sad to see the world both media and other standing on the sides to find an entertainment scoop when it happens to a celebrity…. The news of Sunanda Pushkar’s death came in as a shock to me because I too was part of the crowd who eagerly followed the recent twitter news… but when … Continue reading Death is always a sad affair – Sunanda Pushkar no more
“Do you have a gun?” Asked our First Grader
“Do you know that the earth is all about friendship?…” Our first grader asked me the other day as I was driving him to school… Last year I used to drop our teenage daughter to her school and was abreast to the spicy teen news… but my wife took that route this year … so now I get more informed on the first graders problems… … Continue reading “Do you have a gun?” Asked our First Grader
When an inventor broke down before his death….
Before his death Mikhail Kalashnikov was tormented by guilt…. In April last year he had written a letter to the Patriarch Kirill and the letter was published in a newspaper Izvestia this Monday…. He asks a question that has been bothering him…. if his invention 60 years ago has caused untold deaths is he guilty for those deaths?….. The Kalashnikov or more popularly the AK … Continue reading When an inventor broke down before his death….