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A tale of two states: Punjab, Kerala and Paddy cultivation
Although, the two states, Punjab and Kerala are different in a variety of ways, the geographical location, the size, the population, the people, the culture, the climate etc. but they have one thing exactly the same. The flawed and shortsighted agricultural policies eating the states from the inside. The incompetent agricultural policies running in the…
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Interesting “Tandav” challenges the conventional entertainment in India
Since the recently released web series Tandav made a lot of news in the past few days, I decided to binge watch it and see for myself as to what is so tandav worthy in the show. The reviews about the web series that I saw before, no matter which website I chose, were bad,…
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Lets defeat India together!!
Eenie, Meenie, Miney and Mo ended up in the same hostel during their masters program in Bremerhaven. They come from different family backgrounds, different castes and even different religions, but this did not stop them from becoming friends. For the coming two weeks of Easter holidays, they decided to pack their bags and visit different…
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Raising a child and Diwali
Isn’t raising a child in the right way, the most difficult task in the world? Isn’t teaching him the difference between good and bad, right and wrong the most critical task? Are we witnessing falling standards, moral, ethics and integrity today in the Indian society? Hasn’t the line that demarcates right from wrong become indiscernible…
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Gandhi, a Mahatma?
Every year, as soon as it is October the 2nd, there is a bevy of articles on M. K. Gandhi. Be on social media or mainstream media everyone talks about him. And every year I have the exact same dilemma. Everything that is being said or written about Gandhi is self-contradictory; at least I find…
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Farm Bills 2020
I was getting worried if Corona has changed the way politics in India work for real. Somewhere it felt incomplete. But finally after six or may be seven months of long dull and dark night, we witnessed the morning light; deifying Corona’s new normal. Last week I heard the words “chakkajam” and “protests” after a…
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Socioeconomic paradox of Indian Muslim Community and the people responsible for it
Muslim rulers ruled India for around eight centuries before British arrived. Post independence, the members of the Muslim community served at some of the most coveted positions in India, be it the President, the Vice-President, the Chief Justice, the Chief Election Commissioner, the Education Minister, you name it and you will find it. Not just…
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Intellectual Lynching, frustration and suffocation
As soon as the news about Sushant Singh Rajput passing away broke out, depression, mental health became the hot topic. Nepotism, his relationships, his financial condition, him losing movies, him feeling left out or him being treated as an “outsider” are being speculated as some of the potential reasons. Holding these reasons accountable for his…
Infinite Sea of Opportunities 