In my last post I mentioned Gandhi and non violence. Gandhi once mentioned that true non violence can be practiced by the strong, it isn’t for the weak. The strong chooses, the weak is forced. For me nothing epitomises the sentiment more so than the Khudai Khidmatgar movement. Khudai Khidmatgar ( also known as Red [...]
Yesterday on Facebook I proposed civil disobedience in protest of the Punjab Government’s failure to provide power supply to the state. It was only meant to be a facetious rant but the responses made me realize a few things. I was ridiculed and derided, told that the moment the police came down on me with [...]
I got the news while I had gone out to watch a movie. I just could not believe what I was reading. Was he playing a prank, was he lying? But what was written in the text message was definitely not something to joke about. His father had committed suicide. I called up the sender [...]
When a person leaves this world, to be never seen again, he is said to be dead. Since my childhood I have been listening to the stories. A child is born, grows and goes to God one day. Where does he come from and where does he go? Those stories never touched up on these [...]
My father is a merry man. He lives a completely honest life, as a common man. He views life very candidly. Take it the way it is! He is abstemious, a complete gentleman. How do I put it.. There is a certain transparency in his actions. In all of my life, I have never seen [...]
Mr CM, I’m not entirely sure you’re aware of the affairs of the state as I am – occasional power supply, scarce water supply, corruption, unemployment etc etc. I wonder what takes your time other than siphoning off money and hounding opposition party members. Now that you’ve placed your son at the Deputy CM’s post [...]
This is something that I just had to write. This week’s Outlook is dedicated to the problem of racism in India. I was familiar with the problem because I was the problem. The racism problem isn’t the most talked about in India. We Indians simply refuse to accept that we have a problem. Indians don’t [...]
The following Letter was written long time back. Atleast I believe, this is what each and everyone of us would wish to be or would like to share…. Nothing is more tiring in life than having to constantly explain yourself. So, what does it means ? It means, in today’s world of betrayal, no one [...]
Recently, in an interview English cricketer Flintoff had spoken bluntly on the issue of ‘multiculturalism’ in Britain. Flintoff felt that immigrants should try to assimilate in the English society instead of insulating themselves and staying within packs. He pointed out that the ‘bling and bang’ culture popular with Jamaicans was accentuated criminal activity and to [...]
Everybody who’s read the NCERT books will be able to recall a decorated page in the front named – Gandhi’s Talisman. Well, it went something like ‘when you’re in some kind of doubt about doing something or not, ask yourself how it’ll be able to help people around you..’. Since, this isn’t exactly the age [...]