All Lives Matter !!
My thoughts on George Floyd’s death and the Kerala elephant’s death… All Lives Matter. 🙁
Disturbed Ramblings
Indian History – distorted and how !!
Last year I saved a tweet from Rakesh Simha that mentioned the number of years different dynasties have ruled in India. Here it is – This is the unfortunate reality … that our children learn just the recent history of India and that too a “Mughal Centric” history. I have no problems with the Mughals, … Read more
Vaali Vadh and a Sadhu’s lynching
In the Ramayana, Vaali and Sugriva are twin brothers and Vaali is the King of Kishkindha (probably modern day Hampi). They both are powerful and great warriors. The brothers have a fallout and Vaali forcibly keeps Sugriva’s wife with himself, while banishing Sugriva from his kingdom. Rama and Lakshmana meet up with Sugriva and his … Read more
Apocalypse – Population growth or Some Virus?
In 1969 when I was born the world population was at 3.6 billion. In fifty years it has doubled to 7 billion…… Krishnan and I are happy that we didn’t contribute to this growth as we decided not to have any children. The Earth has limited resources and human beings are not only procreating mindlessly, … Read more
India – the last frontier for the fanatics ….
In the days after the CAA was passed by the parliament, there are three pictures that sent a chill down my spine and they tell a disturbing story of our country at this present juncture. I am no political commentator nor an activist – I am just a regular citizen of India with a deepening … Read more
Real Charity Vs Not-so-real Charity
This year one of the Padma Shri awardees is Mr. S Ramakrishnan, who founded the Amar Seva Sangam. Mr. Ramakrishnan was not born as a disabled person, but due to spinal injuries at the age of 20, he became paralysed neck down. He was trying to join the Indian Navy when he had an accident … Read more
Justice “hangs”, not Nirbhaya rapists
I read the news item just a few hours back. All of us at home are struggling with varying degrees of cold and cough and taking turns at steam inhalation. For the past few months, we have stopped watching any news channel. We feel they all waste time and don’t share news but opinions and … Read more
Bangladeshis in Kerala
We visited Thiruvananthapuram in 2007. We had driven down with Amma and Appa from Bangalore. This was during September and we went to Club Mahindra Poovar. Enjoyed the backwaters of Kerala for the first time and visited the Padmanabhaswamy temple for the first time during that trip. Then in 2016, we travelled again to Kerala … Read more
The curveball you couldnt dodge :(
Dearest Anubha …. your eyes in this life won’t read this but I know this will reach you and you will read it. When your mother Nishi posted in our group on Sunday that you were admitted in the hospital, Krishnan and my heart sank. We knew what you were going through and hospitalization was … Read more
CAA – the case of “Begaani Shaadi mein Abdullah Deewana”
A terrifying account of the unruly mob behaviour in West Bengal. There is a youtube video that has captured this account, so its not fake news. Trains are burnt, buses are burnt and toll plazas are burnt in West Bengal …. Jamia students pelt stones and there are slogans raised about “freedom from … Read more