Anything and everything I experience.
The recent Tanishq ad controversy in India has the social media hustling with all kinds of opinions related to the old Hindu-Muslim debate in the country. While we’ve had more than enough of ‘intellectual’ takes on secularism and social harmony, there’s just one simple point that Hindus who opposed the ad are trying to put... Continue Reading →
Most times when I try to address a topic that is even remotely connected to culture or religion, I give it at least 10 thoughts before posting anything on social media or making a public statement. While on the one hand it is true that I do not want to offend anyone by making statements... Continue Reading →
There’s a very firm and sometimes unproductive pattern in my addiction to Netflix – I always have to end what I begin. No matter how worthless of my time a movie or series might seem, I put in effort to end it and same applies to books as well. For some reason, I don’t believe... Continue Reading →
I ended up re-watching Kal Ho Na Ho after a long time lately, just to relive the so titled classic of Bollywood. To be honest, I have been a fan of that era of Bollywood movies when Shah Rukh Khan was at the peak of his career and romantic Bollywood movies were everything a teenage... Continue Reading →
Supposedly, fashion is a huge deal in the world we live in. It would be one thing if it was just a part of the distant glamour world consisting the film and entertainment industry. Fashion has actually outgrown the boundaries of the glamour world and made its way into the lives of every common man,... Continue Reading →
Judging a book by its cover is a crime we often cannot refrain from committing – especially in its literal sense. Even for seasoned writers, the act of making assumptions about the contents of a book just with its cover or title is irresistible. Same happened when I was handed ‘Mookajjiya Kanasugalu’ by a student.... Continue Reading →
Rape is a disgusting, blotting reality on humanity that actually has neither an appropriate punishment nor retribution. If a human being cannot sympathize with the horrors of the moments that a girl undergoes while she is raped, he or them are incapable of any form of compassion and no punishment can change that. Which is... Continue Reading →
One of my students asked me to discuss this topic in class, and I assume it came from the then relevant Bollywood controversy centring the ace music director AR Rahman. The loved musician, commonly known for his dignified and calm demeanour, ended up tweeting against the Bollywood lobby that has been trying to defame him,... Continue Reading →
A lot of heartbreaks account to one thing if the whole experience is broken down – mental projections of the person who apparently broke our heart. Most times, objective understanding of a situation reveals that the person in question was never deserving of the pedestal we placed them upon. Neither did they equivocally ask for... Continue Reading →
To the friend who went an extra mile To rekindle that lost flame no one noticed was gone In a mind dealing with a thousand things at once For that friend he thought was worth saving. Did I use that good old saying on you That I count you twice when I count my blessings... Continue Reading →
