The Crisis Caravan – Book Review and Questions
Linda Polman’s “The Crisis Caravan: What’s Wrong With Humanitarian Aid?” takes you through the world of humanitarian aid through the eyes of a journalist as it makes stops at various points of distress on the world map. Stops where we can see how good intentions find it so tough to reach the right people and don’t always produce the same best results as people believe. … Continue reading The Crisis Caravan – Book Review and Questions
Sweet Intentions
In your sweet lips I still see The ruby red wine of yesterday night Come closer and let me taste it Bear with me if I accidentally kiss you My intentions are pure I swear to that My goal is the wine and not your lips Continue reading Sweet Intentions
Trust and Mistrust
Some build their relationships on mistrust while some do it on pure trust. The former build their life with control systems and check points to not fall prey and name it being cautious. The latter believes that people are inherently trust worthy and there are times when they are wrong and bite the loss. Both have their sides of the argument but the question is … Continue reading Trust and Mistrust
Recent Reads – A good mix of Politics, Business, Fiction, Philosphy & spirituality
Malcolm Gladwell is one of my favorite authors, I started with his ‘Blink’ and then to outlier and now with his first book ‘Tipping Point’ and his latest ‘What the dog saw” in the past few months it leaves me with the wait for his next book. Over the past few years we have seen a lot of authors who follow this genre where they … Continue reading Recent Reads – A good mix of Politics, Business, Fiction, Philosphy & spirituality
Painting Whispers
He stood in front of the vast canvas As large as him, No larger than him Every color crisscrossed meaningfully Stopping and merging with others at will He sat down on the lonely viewing bench Pinning his eyes on the colorful maze He longed to get inside the artists mind To see the creativity beyond the colors The colors slowly melted away And strokes of … Continue reading Painting Whispers
Walking Free
The well dressed felt naked The ill dressed became popular The over dressed were hidden And the undressed walked free Continue reading Walking Free
Moving Facebook friends to Google+?
Why would Facebook make it difficult for you to port your friend list to Google+? I guess because they don’t want people to go. But will this stop people who really want to move out? It seems now the only way to overcome this is to move FB contacts from FB to yahoo and then to Google+. I have not tried it and so not … Continue reading Moving Facebook friends to Google+?
To The Responsible
You prove the wretchedness you bear in you But you can’t break us with your devilry The human in us is stronger than the devil in you We will hunt you, find you and punish you for sure We will defend our right to peace and law And not let your actions break our unity We might differ in the way we worship But united … Continue reading To The Responsible
Before Time gets in your way
Through my window I have watched Loved and desired a million times Till time carefully swept away our youth And we no more could lust on our looks Break the windows and doors before the time and age gets in your way Continue reading Before Time gets in your way
Guilty or Not guilty?
I trusted you and see what happened I was born to you and now dead to you Why would fate be so partial? I had to go and you stand smiling If justice hears only those who are alive Where would the dead go for justice? Was that smiling a sense of relief? Or was it revealing who was guilty? I know I am gone … Continue reading Guilty or Not guilty?
Vinod Narayan 