Papilio Buddha is an important movie for our times
Papilio Buddha is a loud shriek that should be carefully and repeatedly heard in one’s own silence in order to connect with your values and sense of humanness …. It is not an easy movie… it is an uncompromising depiction of what is wrong… the movie boldly rips off the unapologetic masks of our society and looks straight into its hollow eyes and detonates a myriad of … Continue reading Papilio Buddha is an important movie for our times
OK to piss but not OK to Kiss in Public? Indian Moral policing Issues
A Youth group in Kerala has called in Nov 2 Sunday as ‘Kiss Day’ protesting the recent Moral Policing incidents where the Hindu groups opposed couples kissing in a Café in Calicut (My hometown)….. They have a FB group and they have called in people to join….. It is also said the real police (not moral police) is not very supportive of a kiss day…. … Continue reading OK to piss but not OK to Kiss in Public? Indian Moral policing Issues
Pulitzer Prize winning Poet Galway Kinnell Dies at 87 – Here is his Oatmeal
When poets leave they all leave a vacuum, but these vacuums fill up with their thoughts through their words and poems….. the meanings and interpretations of many are yet to be born…. Remembering Galway with one of my favorites picks of his from online….. His ‘Oatmeal’ I eat oatmeal for breakfast. I make it on the hot plate and put skimmed milk on it. I eat it alone. … Continue reading Pulitzer Prize winning Poet Galway Kinnell Dies at 87 – Here is his Oatmeal
Reviews don’t always add value – My review on SRK’s Happy New Year
Writing a review for a Shahrukh Khan Movie is a total waste of time because not many go to SRK movie after reading a review. Same goes for Aamir Khan and Rajnikanth Movies. Some stars are above review and star rating models. The profitability of their movies are never dependent on the people who watch their movies after reading the reviews. For these actors the fans make … Continue reading Reviews don’t always add value – My review on SRK’s Happy New Year
The Poem of Lights
The color of light bewilders the night in many…. in some it even frightens the night out of them….. for a few life is lost somewhere in that moment just before the clock clicks to dawn…. For some others the night is so long that every piece of light folds itself a thousand times and slowly spreads inside across a life time finally brightening up … Continue reading The Poem of Lights
Free Asia Bibi and Abolish the Blasphemy laws – A letter to anyone who wishes to read in Pakistan
On October 16th one of your high court dismissed an appeal from Asia Bibi who has been held in prison for a long time as per your Blasphemy law and the court upheld the ruling of a lower court that had sentenced her to death by hanging….. I know you cannot justify it, no one can because there is no justification for it…. It is … Continue reading Free Asia Bibi and Abolish the Blasphemy laws – A letter to anyone who wishes to read in Pakistan
Why we need to worry about the recent racist attacks in India
If India falls into racist divide in any level it can be catastrophic and if not controlled it will be a major taint that cannot be washed and cleared that easily…. Any sign of racism should be dealt with an iron hand, strict anti-racism laws, fast track court, public outcry and influential citizens coming out to condemn it…. anything that can stop it from spreading.. … Continue reading Why we need to worry about the recent racist attacks in India
Don’t Worry because…….
We worry about something as we do not have anything bigger than that to worry about…. But don’t worry, our mind will soon find something else; bigger, darker and wicked than what we currently have…. We will then seamlessly transfer our energy on to it and may be even accept our stupidity in worrying about frivolous things…. Our creative human mind is so relentless that … Continue reading Don’t Worry because…….
Haider Movie Review – ‘To Like or Not to Like’
“It is a great movie, it is an adaptation of hamlet….. like Shakespeare but the Indian version….. it is Vishal Bharadwaj….. you know how he made Omkara and Maqbool….. you should see it… don’t miss……” this is what we call word of mouth…… it spreads well…. even people who have not read Hamlet flock into theaters….. not that one has to read it, not a … Continue reading Haider Movie Review – ‘To Like or Not to Like’
The question is which Nobel Peace Prize Winner have ‘Internet Indians’ heard more about? and Why?
First Congratulations to both Malala and Satyarthi, the winners of Nobel Peace prize… I think it might not be an overstatement if we say that more Indians (at least internet Indians) knew about Malala than about Satyarthi….. But it is definitely true if I say the world knows Malala much more that Satyarthi…. and I am not saying that in a bad way but just … Continue reading The question is which Nobel Peace Prize Winner have ‘Internet Indians’ heard more about? and Why?
Vinod Narayan 