A New Zealander’s view on the reasons for corruption in India: Indians are Hobbesian (a culture of self-interest). Corruption in India is a cultural aspect. Indians seem to think nothing peculiar about corruption. It is everywhere. Indians tolerate corrupt individuals rather than correct them. No race can be congenitally corrupt. But can a race beContinue reading “We, the Indians?”
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THOUGHT FLASH #3
If Bollywood can apparently ‘influence’ our generation into drugs, alcohol and abuse, I wonder why it couldn’t influence our elders into accepting inter-caste marriages, homosexuality and a corruption free India. Graciously Yours!
Thought Flash #2
If prayers mattered more than performance, the Indian cricket team would never lose another wicket. Graciously Yours! Picture Courtesy : BBC.
Thought Flash.
Every single photon of sunlight has travelled 149,597,870 km of vacuum, eerie silence, star dust, dark matter and dark energy to come fall on you. I am still letting that sink in. Graciously Yours!
The Presence of The Past.
They say if you blink, you miss it. We waited impatiently, clicking pictures of others and selfies of ourselves, being photo bombed and photo bombing others, all the while creating memories which we probably wouldn’t refer back to again. Not because they wouldn’t be memorable. But because we create too many of them these days. WeContinue reading “The Presence of The Past.”
The illusion of reality.
“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one” ~ Albert Einstein. Are you literate? Well, if you’re reading this, of course you are. But are you educated? That’s a different ball game altogether now. Are you a thinker? Or do you hoard information from all possible sources but don’t form an opinion fromContinue reading “The illusion of reality.”
Wheeling towards life.
“You see that man down there who’s cycling?” said the Creator to the little baby beside Him. The soon-to-be-born gurgled, “Yes” in baby lingo. Soon, even his mother would understand it as well as God did. “That cyclist doesn’t have ambitions. He hasn’t made plans on how he wants to spend his next five years.Continue reading “Wheeling towards life.”
She over He.
There should never have been a battle in the first place. Co-existence of men and women has been more like no existence for women. For years, women all over the world were, and are, being treated almost like a liability, fairly acknowledging that there were families who understood the meaning of the equal and oppositeContinue reading “She over He.”
Inking The Thinking. 