Five Life Lessons from Howard Roark
“My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute.” Thus spoke Ayn Rand as she held the world in a mindless fervour …
Digitally Bovine – the unHindu behavior in Dadri
Let me start with a revelation – The lynch mob in Dadri was not Hindu. It is a mis-characterization and I feel offended. Background of the incident: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/next-door-to-delhi-mob-kills-50-year-old-injures-son-over-rumours-they-ate-beef/ Mahatma Gandhi challenged the British by pointing out the hypocrisy between the unChristian treatment they meted out to Indians and the merciful, …
What We Expect From Our Elders
Prepare for a rant. “Today’s fickle youth are masters of their own. God knows where the world is leading to!” is a very common statement coming from almost every household where teenagers thrive. They just can’t seem to tire from ranting and raving about the younger generation. Now, as the …
BEHIND THE MOVIE – V for Vendetta
BEHIND THAT BEAUTIFUL SMILE “Artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, you found something true about yourself.” – V For Vendetta There are very few films which aid you find something true about yourself. V For Vendetta falls under one …
The Delight of Nonsense
Mosquitoes multiply at alarmingly rapid rates. One female mosquito can lay anywhere between 100 to 350 eggs at one time; in her life span of 2 – 3 weeks, she can lay between 1000 to 3000 eggs. More terrific than this is the growth rate of blogs and e-zines on …
Jagriti Yatra- a visit to pilgrimage inside you.
Given my background all my friends who hear about yatra for the first time wonders which temple and meditation I am talking about. To know about it is really is read along. I first heard of Jagriti Yatra(JY) in 2012. I could never manage the courage to fill up the …
A mind Studded with Illusions and Figments
Well, for the past many days, I have been wasting my time sitting in front of a computer editing useless stories one after the other, day in and day out. I have been trying extremely hard to correct them,to make them absolutely error free. But unfortunately for me, I haven’t …
A ‘Prayaash’ for Prayaash
Much needed in every Indian’s heart is a need for change. There is a clear yet unmarked difference between India and Bharat. Bharat lags behind the growing rate of India in every perspective. It’s nice when celebrities give out a helping hand. But it’s cooler when a bunch of engineering …
Now you know what I did last Christmas
Whenever I go through the internship stories shared by my acclaimed contemporaries from all across the country; I find tales of toil, wonder, learning and even love. They seem to have interned in organizations as diverse as Starbucks and Facebook, and in universities from all over the globe, some of …
The Joy Of Giving
The signal turned red just as I pulled my car in front of it. Now I had no other option but to wait forever till it turned green again. I killed the engine and settled down for a long wait just as a horde of ragamuffins attacked me and the …