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Bollywood & its Feminists
Bollywood is an industry filled with filth and coated with tinsel. It is so radiant and glamours from the outside that what rots beneath the surface goes unnoticed. The industry feeds on the skin of the leading ladies and continues to do that unabated and undiminished. If you add up the screen time of some…
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Hinduism: A persecuted religion (Sabarimala)
Can there be a religion without god or places of worship? Of course! You can be like an intellectual or modern secular Hindu and say God lives in your heart and you don’t need a separate place, hence could decimate the idea of temples. Why this question? And why now? Past few months I have…
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Cricket: A blessing in disguise
Sports not only entertain us but compliment our lives as well. For how long have we been listening quotes like “A healthy mind lives in a healthy body”, quite long I suppose. They act as an adhesive that binds people. If you are a football fan and visit a restro-bar in Europe during a football…
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Kerala Floods Part-1: Media’s Role
The sophisticated art of deducing meaningful information from data i.e. raw facts and figures has become one of the most powerful tools for telling convincing stories. The immensely creative selected few who developed this expertise can portray contrasting shades of pieces of information from the same data points. Although creativity should always be promoted, but practicing this particular…
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Floods and Democracy
As per a news source: “As many as 107,487 people died due to heavy rains and floods across India over 64 years between 1953 and 2017, according to Central Water Commission data presented to the Rajya Sabha on March 19. Damage to crops, houses and public utilities was reported to be Rs 365,860 crore —…
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What lies beneath the Mask?
As the country inches towards May 2019 via December 2018, the election festival blossoms with the ever intensifying endeavors of the participants. Indians would be overwhelmed by their creative work, catchy one liners, colorful posters and sensational speeches. Mr. Gandhi has already started showcasing his old and ageing ship in a different light. During the…
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Rafale Deal sums up India’s journey from “Marut” to “Tejas”
Finally, after four years Indian National Congress highlighted something which is above caste-religion-vote-bank politics. I am indebted to them for their concern about Rafale deal. India produces approximately 1.5 million engineers every year, hypothetically if all of them form a separate country, that hypothetical country will have a population greater than 82 countries of the…
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Population Explosion -Part 1
As per the last available data, our population is increasing at a rate of 1.2% that is 1,58,90,056 (15 million) more people every year. This is more than the population of countries like Portugal (10 million), Belgium (11 million), Austria (8 Million) Switzerland (8 million) and many more. Very soon we would be a proud…
Infinite Sea of Opportunities 