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
Knife
I don’t care what knife you use Carving, Kitchen or Rampuri I don’t care if it belongs to the chef or the butcher.. I promise I will be impartial Will give you blood in the same honest red color…. Continue reading Knife
What she should tell him
Look into his eyes and say…. “Don’t ask me why…. never…. because you have no idea you can never fathom years of anguish burdened with smiles silently wrapping the unacknowledged dutifulness and blind stares at all the overflowing love the habit of insignificance nameless, faceless, emotionless nights and days that don’t end giving… caring and serving and yet not enough….” Take a Pause because he … Continue reading What she should tell him
Manal al-Sharif – The Freedom Drive
There is an uncomfortable question in many minds…. some forcibly put it down for varied reasons, some ignore while some take notice….. and the question is simple said but complex understanding… The question is “What options do we have when we see something wrong happen around us?” While we might fall into one of these roles I would believe that taken the fact that people … Continue reading Manal al-Sharif – The Freedom Drive
Malayali House
I am a regular viewer of Malayali house, the malayali imitation of BigBoss … Not just me but my wife and my daughter also join me…. for me it is a stress reliever.. reasons that I cannot explain clearly…. For my wife and daughter we will need to ask them their reason to watch..
Lullabies they hear and don’t
There are lullabies that are heard from far away Lullabies that once soothed the whole world but are now born silent everyday… There are Lullabies that are cut short by bullets and swords Lullabies that fall and evaporate on the deaf ears of guilty lords Lullabies that could never stop the cries because they were not rich enough to pay the price Lullabies that were … Continue reading Lullabies they hear and don’t
Satnam
It is going to be a year the world has probably forgotten his name meant the name of truth and his quest to find it finally succumbed to unkind reality…. too brutal… too young.. too early accused by divinity imprisoned by authority charged with insanity he died with an unanswered inquiry where is our humanity…? where is our humanity…? Do you remember him…? Satnam Singh…. … Continue reading Satnam
To Warmongers Everywhere
He looked at them as they ate their food “To get the real taste of your food you should see the dirt covering my hands and feet” he said… They looked at him hands and feet covered in blood He pointed east and continued…. I use to farm all over there Now I don’t… They don’t grow crops there anymore they plant toy guns so … Continue reading To Warmongers Everywhere
The Bleeding Wind….
It was like any day; like anytime before but not for the wind that brushed past me…. that acquaintance of a forgotten agony the heat beneath all expected coolness the feeling of being hurt by time… and exposed to hidden sobs I looked around… maybe I could help it brushed past me again but this time with a scent of blood the wind bleeding…? the … Continue reading The Bleeding Wind….
Raanjhnaa and the shades of Male Chauvinism…..
Watched Raanjhnaa during weekend… the motivation was to see Dhanush in the hindi movie and that I heard it was the story about JNU politics…. But what I saw was shades of Male chauvinism across the characters and their dialogues….. Not sure if that was intentional or the story writer and filmmaker thought that is how life should be… well then there is an issue….
The woman in the movie is the one always at fault and the men are beyond Continue reading “Raanjhnaa and the shades of Male Chauvinism…..”
Vinod Narayan 