Day 55– PenPositive Reading Campaign – Hiroshima by Marie Luise Kaschnitz
A note on Being Human before being a Citizen
On India’s 69th Independence day I posted a picture of Nehru and said “Proud to be born in the land of Nehru’ and later as I was thinking over that statement and it kind of sounded foolish to me because that statement does not mean anything because inherently in us there is nothing called a nation. I remember a friend of mine who once went … Continue reading A note on Being Human before being a Citizen
Day 54– PenPositive Reading Campaign – The City of Towers by Vítězslav Nezval
Day 53– PenPositive Reading Campaign – Great Aso by Tatsuji Miyoshi
Nehru Bashing – A shameful Trait of the ‘I am the only patriot’ dimwits
This is a response to an article I read on the site AkkarBakkar 10 Ways In Which Jawaharlal Nehru Destroyed Our Country Forever where the Author whom we will call ‘Nehru Basher’ had taken some images of Jawaharlal Nehru and posted them with his comments. He listed the 10 things how Nehru destroyed India. This Nehru bashing is a favorite pastime of the so called ‘I am … Continue reading Nehru Bashing – A shameful Trait of the ‘I am the only patriot’ dimwits
Day 52– PenPositive Reading Campaign – Eyes Dressed in Kohl by the Malayalam poet Yusafali Kecheri
Day 51– PenPositive Reading Campaign – Work Is a Blessing by the Polish poet Aleksander Wat
25 GODlen Rules- The Dummies Guide to becoming a Godman or GodWoman
Someone asked me why I was pissed off with these Godmen and Godwomen. The answer is I am not pissed off with them, I am pissed off with you for thinking that you cannot be one… 🙂 Seriously… Why are you not trying….? A Godman or a Godwoman is a lucrative and fool-proof career because it is build on making fool of others. This post is for … Continue reading 25 GODlen Rules- The Dummies Guide to becoming a Godman or GodWoman
Day 50– Robert Desnos and the power of Imagination
Today is the 50th day of my Penpositive Reading Campaign and I was reading the poem Sky Song by the French surrealist poet Robert Desnos who played a key role in the Surrealist movement of his day. As I was creating this post I could not help but share this story that Susan Griffin relates and exemplifies Desnos’ surrealist spirit “One day Desnos and others … Continue reading Day 50– Robert Desnos and the power of Imagination