Another Monsoon

Another monsoon awaits us and I hear that the final “venal mazha” or the Summer rains are now pouring down. This time they have predicted the monsoon to arrive earlier. The monsoon seems to have turned out to be a like a choosy lady these days! Anyway, as long as she continues her much awaited visits, it is fine...More

Biodegradable dish ware..

It is nothing else but the palm leaves (sheaths) that have been used since ages for various purposes in parts of India and I believe in most Asian countries. It is from the Areca Palm or the Betel tree as it is widely known in India whose nuts are used by betel/pan chewers...More

Be ragged or else be damned?

I have heard students and teachers justify “ragging”. They say it helps a person to face the real world. Is it so? Will the scars of ragging ever fade? And sometimes the scars can be physical too as in this recent case in a reputed college in Coimbatore...More

Vote for BJP!

Why am I saying that? Did it suddenly dawn on me that BJP is better than Congress? (2 main National parties).Frankly speaking it hasn’t. Sitting far away from the election heat and die hard voters who may influence my opinion, it was easy to watch both parties impartially...More

Are you voting?

For those in Kuwait, you can join Earth Hour 2009, by turning off your lights at 8.30pm Saturday 28 March and sign-up here at earthhour.org. As usual there are skeptics for this one too… some says it maybe just to bring glory to certain organizations and individuals eying the “Global” awards...More

Jai Ho

Anyway, we finally got around to seeing the film “Slumdog Millionaire”. Whatever other feelings it may evoke, it will not bore you. It may appear like any other Hindi movies sans the songs which these days assaults one’s senses...More

A. P. Abdulla Kutty and Sister Jesme

Ever since I watched an interview on TV on Abdulla Kutty and after reading about Sister Jesmi, I realized that they do have something in common. Both of them showed the courage to speak out...More

A love letter

Thanks to the internet, I have now started receiving love letters. The below one is classic and I can see that he is already honing his skills for the future. Wonder how many he will sent once he starts admiring girls...More

Daughters

But all I know now is that there are many helpless girls out in our world crying for help that is never coming. I think I was lucky to be born in a place and time that was less complicated. So maybe I can only pray that my daughter’s world will also be thus...More

Pathetic

Watching it on TV was horrible. So many marauding boys pouncing upon helpless girls and there was none to shield them. They call it mob terror. A word I am tired of hearing. We heard it for the Sikh riots and also during the Gujarat riots...More

An Award

While I thank Smitha who has bestowed upon me this reward, with a note to give it to 8 others, I would like to take the route that another great blogger RM has taken...More

Gender Equality and Marriage

I have always favored gender equality when there are many closely associated with me who believes that men are superior to women. It must be my upbringing or maybe the Indian/Hindu culture. I have realized over the years that men and women are equally vulnerable

For Heaven's Sake

The one regret Bush has is that he couldn’t find the WMD’s in Iraq! I wish him all luck in finding them since he has now all the time in his hands. He can start digging Texas first.

Gaza Still Burns

But the same Indian in me refuses to ignore the cries of the innocent civilians in Ghaza who are being given and were given a very unfair deal by the world. This madness needs to end. Only God can help them...

Oil Prices

Oil price went up.. the world complained and rallied against the high price...
Now the oil price is going down and the world complains even more for the falling prices...And we still expect God to listen to our prayers.

The Elite

I have always felt that unless the sensibility of the rich and the powerful in our country is awakened, nothing positive can happen. In a sense it was woken by the Mumbai tragedy since they were more shaken than the rest. Nothing they relied upon was able to save them from the onslaught.....

ID Holidays

We had 10 days of ID holidays and coming back to work was like the first day of school after vacation. I'm sure that the kids enjoyed our reluctance to get ready for work....

Back in Business

We tolerated the electronic media during those dark moments with utmost patience although it was not easy at times, but I believe it is time the media stopped short and did a self study. We lost brave men and there is nothing the country can give their family in return except gratitude. Nothing will suffice since only those who have lost their loved ones can understand the feelings.....

Is it over ?

It has been very depressing the last 3 days and I could not control the way the events affected me. Maybe I should have just stopped watching the news...More...

Black Day

How many more black days do we have to see before we see an end? Or is this only the beginning?
Where are our leaders? What other issues are occupying their times?
It is time you stepped down from your seats since you have all failed....More