Words Of The World

This moment when i write this piece , a line from the latest Bollywood movie Chennai Express, from the lips of the superstar Shah Rukh Khan echoes my mind. Never Under-estimate The Power Of A Common Man I am wondering if this man in the movie was trying to speculate or predict the coming political scenario. A scenario where in a common man, a government employee petrified of seeing the conscious slumber of people around gets off his desk, and takes the lead. A common man who enlightens people of what they are ought to be, which they are not. A man who dares the individuality of every individual to revolt and retaliate against the false practices among st the system. A man who dares to form a political party backed by the confidence and trust of commoners in him. A man who just like any other artiste in a floor show takes his competitors by surprise leaving every one around JAW DROPPED. And it's not just a man, who does all this. It's innumerable...

2013 was an amazing and an eventful year. An year of happenings, awakenings, surprises, shocks, scams, shams, scandals, revelations, revolts, retaliations, system-quakes and clean ups. That's a lot to read out in a single line in a single breath. Imagine how much it is for a single year to absorb. This Christmas i was sitting with a friend of mine. He is from America and was in Delhi for a day. It was heart warming to know that he read my posts on the blog each time they were up. What surprised me was that he found me pretty much biased. He found me quite "Parochial"  with my ideologies. The word "Parochial" is a gift from him. Ha Ha! I will try my best to break out from that image of mine. And if i fail to do so, forgive me for i cannot deceive my own self. On 16 December 2012, a girl was brutally gang raped in Delhi in a moving public transport bus. This was not a good welcome to the coming new year 2013. But the consequenc...

If you happen to go through The Geeta, Sri Krishna says that there is no good and no bad. It just is. It is the human mind that segregates things, activities, moments, people as good and bad, happy and sad. And, one who is free from these emotions stands wise.  Perception is the key word. The way we look at things. It is not necessary that life of a rich man will be like a  path paved with flowers and life of the poor, a rough rocky ride. Be not surprised, if you see a man at the backseat of a Bentley talking over the phone with an angry face but, a man on a cycle or a bike riding all the way from work to home with a smile that enlightens the environment. It does not take to be a poor man to look at life as "The Vicious Circle". Neither it takes a Prince to call life "The Circle of hope". It might be other way round. The rich too was once poor and lived with a hope to be able enough to take care of his family and close ones. Being passionate is one ...

It was the morning of December 6 2013, that i was in my bed having morning coffee. As a daily ritual, instead of opening a morning daily in my hands i curiously opened Facebook in my smart phone. The whole news feed scroll had condolences and grief messages for a great soul that just moved into the god's house few hours ago.  Dreamer -  Thinker - Revolutionary - Visionary - Icon The Great Nelson Mandela People love the superhero they see in movies. If you ever wanted to know what a superhero looks like, your quest is over. Nelson Mandela is your answer folks! Out of what all i knew of this great human, i searched Nelson Mandela on Google. "Nelson Mandela, former South African President died in Johannesburg, South Africa few hours ago. He was an Anti-Apartheid revolutionary. He was the change maker in South Africa, often called out as South Africa's Gandhi." What a great introduction is that to the world. Totally startled by these few lines, i...

It's unbelievable yet so amazing, how media through it's various channels have conditioned our mindsets towards everything happening around us. Media is the new Messiah controlling our actions and reactions to what ever that takes place all around the globe. A fairness product launch is a different thing. But when you see a super star and a public figure in a T.V. commercial enticing the Indian males to use a product in order to get a lighter or a fairer skin tone, it does add to the bottom line of the product. And the bottom line or the revenues are not the only thing to work for. While you promote such products, you indirectly and maybe unknowingly, send out a message. A message that instills a sense of inferiority among st the dark skinned males.  There is Iran working on it's nuclear power plant project. But media showcases Iran as a threat to the globe because one superpower does not want Iran to stand neck to neck with it. A home is good with a basi...

What is more profitable according to you. To stand against everyone and calling yourself an individual, or stand with and amid st everyone and being called out as One. It was the 80's and the 90's when India was INDIA. Yes, that is a deep statement. India was not Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and other states to name as it is today. I remember travelling to Bombay by train every year to my maternal grand parents. Bombay Central is a fond memory. Gradually, Bombay changed to Mumbai and Bombay Central to Mumbai Central. And yes, Madras to Chennai. It goes beyond my imagination instead of Chennai Express, if it would have been Madras Express. I wonder if you my friends, realise how "Secular" as a nation we are. Not standing as a nation but as different "Unified" states. That is not sweet sarcasm. That is Irony by Instinct. Mumbai in these times boasts of  the Maratha culture and sidelines people belonging to other cultural  roots. From Bihar, came a...

This is going to be long but in the end you will find it worth while. I clearly remember my father bringing home the very first cellular phone launched in India. The geometry box, so rock solid that it could be used as weapon in self defense. Back then, it was all exclusive. Having a cellular phone and making calls from it was one thing that added to a man's repute. Till i completed my graduation and did my post graduation, evolution took it's toll. Technology advanced and evolved. The same phone which could be used as weapon in self defense was available in a size that could fit in your palm. I was smitten by fantasy of cellphone possession. I got one when i stepped into college. There were less of calls made but more of text messages exchanged. If there was a love affair happening, the spine would be the love TEXT message coming from the beloved.