Learning Teaching Forgetting and Breathing
As human beings we have a consistently increasing ability to learn and teach… and of course an intelligently cultivated skill to forget…. This in one way also probably defined our transitions in the latter parts on the evolutionary road… Some even religiously forget the ape connection…. But what we have also acquired in this process is a strong inhibition to accept that we learned something … Continue reading Learning Teaching Forgetting and Breathing
Finding the Lost
I have seen in many parts of the world lonely streets with remorseful looks of a busy yesterday and a dwindling hope that someone will get lost and find their way there again tomorrow Continue reading Finding the Lost
What I liked and did not about Satyagraha
I love watching Prakash Jha movies for his large canvases that bring forth socio political issues and I have enjoyed watching his Gangajal, Apaharan, Aarakshan and Chakravyuh…. I did not like Rajneeti because its trailer had given me so much expectation that the movie failed to deliver…. With Satyagraha I did not have a lot of expectations… because after the debacle with Rajneeti I had … Continue reading What I liked and did not about Satyagraha
The Happy Poet – An all organic vegetarian comedy
When someone stands up against Sausages the victory is that of Tofu, Baba ganoush, healthy veggie wraps and more… Add a poetry to it and it is more fun… An independent movie from 2010 it tells the story of a Graduate who majored in Poetry and starts a food stand… With no work and credit card debt the poet bill decides to start a food … Continue reading The Happy Poet – An all organic vegetarian comedy
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
Madras Cafe – Memories of the times we grew up
There is controversy and as we all know controversy sells in films…. But when you touch anything that has two sides controversy comes to existence…. but if you look at the craft of movie making, it is a positive cinematic experience… When I go for a movie I don’t expect to be watching a documentary where you then start relaying in what is shown there… … Continue reading Madras Cafe – Memories of the times we grew up
Left Right Left – A beautiful Cinematic March
“If you want to hit the ball with your left leg; you have to stand on your right leg” that is a masterpiece dialogue when you look at the what is boiling and in news in Kerala politics… Hats off to Murali Gopi and Arun Kumar Aravind for bringing the movie to us… The whole scene where this piece of dialogue is picturised unravels a … Continue reading Left Right Left – A beautiful Cinematic March
Ken Robinson – Conformity, Creativity and Education’s Death Valley
There wouldn’t be many who have not seen Sir Ken Robinson talk on Education at TED… I mean on your Laptops…. it was quite viral… both his videos on TED.com and here now there is a new one… funny and thought provoking… asking us all the questions all over again… “How well do we know our kids?” “How can we help them succeed in what … Continue reading Ken Robinson – Conformity, Creativity and Education’s Death Valley
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)
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
Vinod Narayan 