She had found her purpose in life and was happily pursuing it till the fateful night of May 15, 2014. Someone violated her in the most heinous manner, someone raped her. This someone was not unknown to her. He was there to attend a function the next day […]
On April 26th, just a couple of hours before the news came, her sister Vidya and I were chatting about the new house that she has bought and the fact that I won’t be able to join for the “grihapravesham” that was to happen today. Then Pavithra called […]
In the last few weeks outrage has naturally occurred, embellished for an encore and many times manufactured. I am talking of the brutal rapes that have been reported, some immediately and some after several months. Anyone who hears about a child getting raped, is naturally outraged. Its the […]
The flames would have consumed your mortal body by now … that amazing smile, the animated face, the lively eyes and that golden heart will be missed forever. Dear Raji, I miss you already and I cannot imagine how Mani must be feeling. I have both your numbers […]
Chapter 2 Verses 24-28 अच्छेद्योऽयमदाह्योऽयमक्लेद्योऽशोष्य एव च | नित्य: सर्वगत: स्थाणुरचलोऽयं सनातन: || 24|| achchhedyo ’yam adāhyo ’yam akledyo ’śhoṣhya eva cha nityaḥ sarva-gataḥ sthāṇur achalo ’yaṁ sanātanaḥ The soul is unbreakable and incombustible; it can neither be dampened nor dried. It is everlasting, in all places, unalterable, […]
Today morning KTV was showing the movie “Johnny”. Its a Tamil movie made in 1980 starring Rajinikanth in a double act and Sridevi, as the actress. The storyline is interesting and simple – Sridevi is a popular singer, and Johnny (Rajinikanth) is her ardent fan. Rajinikanth as Johnny is a […]
Through the Bhagavad Gita, I feel Lord Krishna tries to remove the two biggest fears that human beings have – the fear of death and the fear of the unknown. In several verses, he keeps re-inforcing the message of the soul being immortal and just the body dying. […]
Superstar Siddu is back in the news and how … Bangalore has had unprecedented rains, just like the unprecedented run of bad governance and our dear Superstar Siddu says in a press conference – “do you have any suggestions?”. Well, the journalist didn’t have any suggestions but I […]
On Friday last, 23 people were killed in a stampede in Mumbai. The stampede happened on the foot over bridge connecting the Parel and Elphinstone Road stations. The stampede apparently was triggered by rumours of the foot over bridge collapsing, and a short-circuit. This happened at a time […]
This book won the Man Booker prize in 2011 and has also been made into a movie. I stumbled upon it because my friend Gopal mentioned it on FB when the movie was released sometime in 2016. I was intrigued by the title so bought the book. The […]
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