Dear Jwala & Ashwini, I have no intention to take the shine away from the beautiful medals and trophies you earned. I congratulate even to those which you did not win but tried your best. You certainly deserve all the accolades and applauses showed on you. You have inspired thousands of girls pan-India to take … Continue reading Badminton, Animal welfare and other hypocrisies
Category: Culture
Reviving a thousand year old song
I could not help but share this fantastic rendition of one of the oldest songs in the Kannada language. The 'old' part is an understatement. It's written somewhere around 900 C.E in an older version of Kannada. Credits of this poem go to Pampa, who generally, is referred to as Adikavi - an honorary title (Translation: first poet). What … Continue reading Reviving a thousand year old song
Chane ke Khet mein – chickpea field chronicles
Dear Madhuri Dixit Ma'am, How are you? Long time. While I was glancing through your Wikipedia profile, I gathered all the great stuff you've been part of. I read that you have been actively involved in promoting children's education and the safety of women. You also worked towards the social causes such as finding homes … Continue reading Chane ke Khet mein – chickpea field chronicles
The great fall of American Liberalism
American liberalism is now officially dead. It was not euthanization, there was no resistance; in fact, it was mauled to a dogs' death. The more unfortunate news is that the so-called torchbearers and custodians of modern liberalism did not even put up a decent fight, instead chose to sleepwalk into whatever replaced it. While we … Continue reading The great fall of American Liberalism
Scam 1992 and OTT platform debate
Online streaming platforms (OTT) had a good run of generating quality products, which is almost over now. After producing gems of original content for about half a decade, they are giving up now. They, inevitably have opened the doors to production houses of both Hollywood and Bollywood to crap all over them. To be brutally … Continue reading Scam 1992 and OTT platform debate
The Bach 