Category Archives: Thoughts
Natrang – a poetry of the soul
Vidyut speaks of the Marathi film Natarang and the impact it had on her. She sees it as not just a film, but a journey into the very depths of being human.
India, Pakistan, and differences – hypothesis
I have been absent from this blog for quite some days related with my own learning journey. Been thinking a lot about all these India-Pakistan thingies. For all people of the two countries, there is a perspective i’d like to share: Identity: Pakistan seems to still be in teenage rebellion mode when it comes to [...]
Ride to the bait
Update: After getting praise mails that I am, as a journalist encouraging war, I need to state specifically that I am NOT a journalist, and my knowledge of politics is minimal. What I am is a concerned and distraught citizen. My posts are not informed political opinions or advice about policy, but thoughts that cross [...]
Ajmal Amir Kasab and How Many Terrorists? Unscrambling Media
I just can’t seem to let go my anxiety about terrorists capable of spewing bullets indiscriminately and running around loose. A part of me has been alert all through this crisis to be reassured that all these guys are out of action. No luck. Not even sure how many they are. How many are they [...]
Terror! …… extreme grief
What do I write? I am stunned. Mumbai is stunned. Statistics are all over the news and on the net, and frankly, I’m incapable of talking numbers in the face of what I am feeling. Mumbai, my beloved city is being bullied. There is no other word for it. A bunch of random outsiders have [...]