This blog is our space to write about our thoughts, views and notes about our travels. Osho owned 90 Rolls Royces while being a Sanyasi …. The so-felt contradiction is very fascinating and hence the name !
I just saw the breaking news on TV that Kauvery Hospitals put out saying there is a decline in Mr. Karunanidhi’s health. I have been meaning to write this blog ever since he was admitted to Kauvery hospital on the 28th of July because I do not want to write him an obituary… Mr. Karunanidhi … Read more
I thought I will pass and not write about the first “dialogues” event that “The Wire” held in Delhi on July the 4th, 2018. Yes, Krishnan and I paid money to hear about the fault lines that Ram Guha has supposedly discovered and he shared them with some prodding from the perpetually-sneering Karan Thapar. Kabir … Read more
I start the review of this book with apologies to the author, Vivek Agnihotri. I had been reading this book over the past week or so and I had copied the statements that touched me and kept adding them to this blog post to be posted later. While I had scheduled the post for today … Read more
On Saturday, Krishnan and I attended the Q&A session on “Swadeshi Muslims” with Mr. Rajiv Malhotra at INTACH. This event was hosted by the Srijan Foundation. We attended because we find Mr. Rajiv Malhotra as a sane voice speaking about issues that matter to India without the rhetoric or vitriol that our paid media, pseudo seculars … Read more
I bought the book “The Missionary Position – Mother Teresa in theory and practice” by Christopher Hitchens almost two months back but kept putting off reading it. I knew that it would disturb me and well, it did. By the time Mother Teresa was made into a saint, my adulation had run its course and … Read more
My country is safe, As long as, A young athlete has tears flowing unbidden As the national anthem plays.. My country is safe, As long as, A young martyr’s father laments, That he has no more sons to defend the Motherland, My country is safe, As long as, Another country gets no refugees, Fleeing from … Read more
For many Indians, the book title would have been a giveaway – no one else but Khushwant Singh can write a book with this kind of title :). I also think that sums up Khushwant Singh, the person. I write his name without any prefixes of “Mr” or “Shri” not out of disrespect but because … Read more
I started reading “The Missionary position” by Christopher Hitchens a couple of days back and am reeling from what I am discovering about Mother Teresa on every page. While the book is a tiny one, I will take some time to read it because am trying to find corroborative anecdotes and evidence… after all this … Read more
The ShikshaDaan Yatra to U.P and Bihar concluded in Bodh Gaya on the 30th of May. My mother-in-law’s anniversary ceremony was done in Gaya as we are followers of Vishnu and a Gaya “Srardham” is considered the ultimate. Its done on the first death anniversary and the belief is that the soul merges with the … Read more
On Monday the man who will take oath in Kar-Natak-ah is someone whose party lost 116/222 seats they contested in. He is supported by a party whose history started undemocratically with the first Prime Minister of this country being nominated rather than elected… and the rest as they say is “HIStory”. By the time I … Read more