My 2015 New Year Note
We have successfully pushed the year back. Well we did not really push it, it gave way as we lived through it. But it is nice to think that we had something to do about it. After all maybe we did, because many of us survived to see it while many did not. We live in a very different world where our survival is not always the … Continue reading My 2015 New Year Note
The significance of my new Tattoo (The Importance of being a Mortal)
So before the new year starts I got my third Tattoo… ‘മർത്ത്യൻ’ which is a malayalam word and reads ‘Marthyan’. The literal meaning of ‘Marthyan’ is ‘Mortal’ and the antonym being ‘Amarthyan’ or ‘Immortal’. ‘Marthyan’ is also used in malayalam language to suggest ‘Human being’ Why മർത്ത്യൻ? First ‘മർത്ത്യൻ’ is my pen name when I write in malayalam, my mother tongue; Second I feel that it would be … Continue reading The significance of my new Tattoo (The Importance of being a Mortal)
Siddharth 2013 Movie Review – Moving and Authentic movie making
Siddharth is a 2013 Hindi Language Film. It is an Indian Canadian film directed by Richie Mehta. Richie had also made the movie Amal in 2007. I have not seen Amal but now I have unavoidable reasons for watching it. Siddharth tells us a story that we all dread being involved in. A moving tale that in a stroke of ‘master story telling’ etches the … Continue reading Siddharth 2013 Movie Review – Moving and Authentic movie making
Why I Won’t be creating my Facebook ‘It’s been a great year’ Post
Facebook keeps telling me “Vinod, here’s what your year looked like!” Really…? And once I accept it, FB will relay to the world that “It’s been a great year for me” Facebook wants people to say that “It’s been a great year; Thanks for being Part of it” I am perfectly OK with the second part…. Thanking you all for being part of my year but not because it … Continue reading Why I Won’t be creating my Facebook ‘It’s been a great year’ Post
Family Movie Time on a Christmas Eve
Yesterday we all sat down to watch a Family movie together on Christmas eve. We had not done that for a very long time. We knew we all did not have the same movie tastes anymore but the fact that everyone had their computer and their own Netflix profile… our movie tastes do not usually collide or conflict with each others. So we decided to find one … Continue reading Family Movie Time on a Christmas Eve
Is there something called ‘the Meaning to Life’?
One of the interesting reasonz people give for the existence of religion is that it gives ‘meaning to life’ for many… I would agree that for many something outside religion can appear totally meaningless… and that is because they have not really tried to look outside religion… the possibility of life without religion, without God has not been explored, that is all…. the possibilities are … Continue reading Is there something called ‘the Meaning to Life’?
Some Personal Thoughts on Social Media Activism
Recently someone raised a question, if activism on Facebook, Twitter and social media is just ‘feel good’ activism that people undertake in the comforts of their home or can it make a difference as what people from yesteryears did marching on the streets. Being a person who often change FB cover photos and post opinions as protest on social media I have always asked that same question to myself. … Continue reading Some Personal Thoughts on Social Media Activism
PK Review – Thank You Aamir for being PK, the Bhojpuri speaking Alien
Sometimes you need an intelligent fantasy to bust other fairy tales which people have started believing to be real. PK does exactly that keeping you glued to the seats for 2+ hours. The movie weaves a very funny socially relevant story with a sci-fi thread that does not break anywhere in between. It treads two very delicate paths for Indian cinema that seem to go very much … Continue reading PK Review – Thank You Aamir for being PK, the Bhojpuri speaking Alien
Why Pakistan should put an explanation for the 26/11 accused Zakiur’s Bail
I was very upset when I heard the news on the Peshawar attack and then I was upset again when I heard that the top Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) commander and 26/11 terror attack accused Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi has been granted bail.. Why?. Because I feel Pakistan holds the responsibility to explain…. If not the world will take that Pakistan does not care for terrorist attacks that … Continue reading Why Pakistan should put an explanation for the 26/11 accused Zakiur’s Bail
Stop Religion from brainwashing and killing our children
As Taliban massacres children in Peshawar the “all powerful and all merciful” was either “completely powerless or absolutely merciless”. Isn’t it high time humanity stops believing in this sadistic Supreme Being whose religious books and doctrines can be twisted in any way to kill one another and above all be able to reason it in his name. The sad part is that it is not … Continue reading Stop Religion from brainwashing and killing our children
Vinod Narayan 