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 !
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 when thousands of commuters were using the … Read more
This is an excerpt from the book “The wild geese and the water” … “…… I talk about the dignity of being rich. There is no dignity in being poor, because if there is dignity in being poor, then there is dignity in being a slave too, then there is dignity in being sick too, … Read more
In the three pictures above, there is open defecation happening in two and there is a mound of garbage or garbage strewn around in all of them. These are recent pictures from a train as it neared Nizamuddin station in New Delhi. Now see the picture below – If Delhi residents are unable to recognise … Read more
First a prayer for Gauri Lankesh – may her soul find its way home and may her last journey be peaceful. If her belief system does not include a soul, then may she rest in peace. I did not know anything about Gauri Lankesh till I saw the news item this morning about her murder … Read more
Superstar Rajinikanth recently hinted about entering politics when God tells him to … and suddenly there is a frenzy of interpretations. Its comic to watch serious news anchors (no pun intended) viewing this “major development” with a lot of serious thought and evaluating the implications at the state and central government level. This is a repeated … Read more
Today there was a “bandh” in TamilNadu to show solidarity with the farmers who were protesting at Jantar Mantar. DMK obviously led the protest as they are desperate to score brownie points with the electorate with Jayalalitha gone. The farmers primary demand is that they need a relief package of Rs. 40,000 crores which includes … Read more
His mentee Jayalalitha passed away yesterday and even before people could pour Earth over her coffin and the Earth settled, her mentor too passed away! I knew about Cho always because my dad was a huge fan. The only magazine that he would buy was “Tughlaq”. Dad accepted his political view without debate because Cho … Read more
“et”.. just two letters that make all the difference. Today Gandhiji is cringing because there is a huge crowd of “politicians” standing in front of his statue in Delhi and asking for a rollback of the demonezation. For 14 years, many so called “leaders” used a particular riot in Gujarat to demonize one man – Narendra … Read more
Modiji, this is your true Bhakt… with SMOG in the brain and lies on my lips and many taunts to go before I rest. Dear Modiji, I am your true bhakt. I wake up each morning and wish people as “Jai ModiJi”, right through the day I call you names and then before I sleep … Read more
