Musings - The World We Live In

Suppose you received a letter today from an anonymous mailer, predicting the result of a cricket match to be held tomorrow: " Pakistan will beat India ". Pakistan did go on to beat India. Suppose you received another letter three days later from the same person, predicting the result of a cricket... Sign in to see full entry.

For all my life, I've heard the West plead the case of capitalism. Everybody was riding high on tides and claiming superiority of philosophy and culture. Success was measured in terms of the moola in one's bank accounts. Ruthlessness towards the poor (offering them "generous" loans on exorbitant... Sign in to see full entry.

Try as we may, stereotypes don’t leave our side. We are nurtured, both consciously and sub-consciously, as to who is what, and who means what. One night, while flipping through TV channels, my sleepless eyes found me a route to an interesting 80's flick, called " Soul Man ". What it depicted was... Sign in to see full entry.

While the US government is busy acting on its US$ 700 billion bail-out plan, the still-rich keep finding ways to annoy us all. Forget about the bail-out plan, or even the need for it. Something would be seriously wrong with anybody's genetics, who doesn't find a reason to question these excesses,... Sign in to see full entry.

Not too long ago, I remember being possessed by books. Summer vacations were defined not by video-gaming or tv-watching. The idiot box was the least of our worries (read, obsessions). We would travel 400 odd kilometres to our grandparents' house, and all cousins in the city would immediately hop in... Sign in to see full entry.