There is an interesting story in the Mahabharata not as often retold. It is the story of how the illustrious, valiant clan of the Yadavas to which Krishna belonged, destroyed themselves. Fearing bad omens surfacing in his land, Krishna and… Read More »Guns and grass
I visited Mumbai right after the blasts had burdened the psyche of the city and the world in December 2008. Newspapers, TV stations were only broadcasting the incredulity of, the anger of, the tragedy of the blasts. Among all the… Read More »Random Acts of Kindness – The sequence
Evening of December 14th. It was a normal winter evening for Mumbai. People came to Marine drive from other cities just visiting the place, on work, on vacation. Housewives took a break and walked in groups. Young joggers, old joggers,… Read More »Random Acts of Kindness – Connecting (see post below)
Polka dotted red, straw hat, pushing a crib – young long legged mother of twoA little lumpy, sweet and old – yellow flower on her ear orders the cinnamon butter crepesThere was a student at this stand who went to… Read More »Impressions
Have been reading The Zahir by Paulo Coelho. The gist of his books are always of a journey of self discovery – of finding personal legends, understanding the nature of love, destiny, choice and all the unexplained but overexplained stuff.… Read More »The Zahir
OK, So just finished watching I love Huckabees. Pretty interesting movie I must say. But it gets to you in the end and confuses the hell out of you. There is a “Everything is connected” theory and a “Nothingness” theory… Read More »
I finished seeing the movie Motorcycle Diaries yesterday. It is indeed a story of a journey not of places but through the inner most sanctums of ones soul. A cause is what converts an existence to a living. That flame… Read More »The Goal