Category Archives: Philosophy (pop or otherwise!)
Just back from Pandora
James Cameron’s opus Avatar was, for me, an experience. I am aware that many people liked the visual effects but not the story. In my opinion, the message and the means were completely in sync. I could not mentally separate … Continue reading
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Krishna Jayanti
According to the Malayalam calendar, last Friday, 11 Sept, was Krishna Jayanti. So, although most of Maharashtra had already celebrated the birth of the Lord in August, at my house the images of baby Krishna and of Kerala’s popular deity … Continue reading
Filed under Our World, Philosophy (pop or otherwise!)
Bad Managers
I’ve been hit by a long spell of writer’s block, and it occurred to me recently that making lists is a good way to overcome the block. Last week I came across a great article listing the habits of bad … Continue reading
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Psychiatry & Reincarnation
I’ve been reading a good book, titled Many Lives, Many Masters, written by Dr. Brian L Weiss, a US-based psychiatrist. The book deals with two very interesting topics, psychiatry and reincarnation. Specifically, the significance of reincarnation in psychiatric treatment. The … Continue reading
Filed under Philosophy (pop or otherwise!), Random thoughts
Action v/s Thought
I am one of the few lucky Mumbaiites who need not travel by the city’s famed (and feared) local trains on a daily basis in the course of earning my livelihood. Yesterday, however, I had to travel by a local … Continue reading
Filed under Philosophy (pop or otherwise!), Random thoughts
The Power of Hatred
An observation of the world around us tells me that the power of hatred is far greater than that of love; despite what we’ve been taught through school and college, and what poems and inspirational speakers tell us. As an … Continue reading
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Days of our lives
The significance attached to Women’s Day is beyond me, nor for that matter do I subscribe to any of the other new-fangled Days that seem to have suddenly sprung up in the past few years. This may have to do … Continue reading
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Marriage!
Time for some cynicism. Marriage, in my view, is yet another political stage, akin to the corporate world that subsists mainly on politics. Marriage was designed with the obvious motive of keeping people bound to society, because right-thinking people would … Continue reading
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