Misrepresenting Sanatana Dharma.
It is extremely sad and unbecoming of a young minister (whose primary qualification for the job, may I add, is[…]
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Thoughts on couple of movies I liked
Ever since I watched the rushes of “Gargi”, the Sai Pallavi starrer, on YouTube in 2022, the movie has been[…]
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“Jailer” – An experience that exhausted me
A request, or a word of caution, if you will. For those who believe Rajni’s “Jailer” is a come-back film[…]
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Remembering August 15th, 1947
Close to midnight on August 14th, 1947, nearly an hour after the proceedings had begun at the constituent assembly in[…]
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Robert J Oppenheimer – the man who birthed the atomic age
( Note: My plan was to write a review of Christopher Nolan’s movie “Oppenheimer”. When I started writing it, I[…]
Read moreA personal meditation on cooking as a skill, and my journey towards becoming a cook.
One of the prime indicators of having acquired certain proficiency in a new skill is when you begin to have[…]
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The idea of Lust, and a review of Lust Stories – 2 on Netflix.
Lust has always found itself on the wrong side of the human value system, but the irony is that no[…]
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The twenty-year-old Spaniard distinguishes himself against the Champion Serb in the Wimbledon final.
There were only two center-court seats available today for the Gentlemen’s final at Wimbledon. Both of them close to the[…]
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Marketa Vondrousova – one more champion from the Czech Republic, and once more Ons Jabeur, unable to break the jinx.
One of the most critical days in Ons Jabeur’s two-week magical run at Wimbledon began with a few awkward moments[…]
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An essay triggered by James L Swanson’s riveting book on Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, his assassin John Wilkes Booth, and the “Manhunt” that followed.
The words “assassin” and “assassination” are both interesting nouns and a mouthful to articulate. There is a hiss in their[…]
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