Paritrana

> Paritrana means the act of relieving a conscious entity from the state of distress or pain. “Paritrana [http://paritrana.org/]“, is coined as the “political party for the Bharat of the 21st century”, backed up by 5 IITians who have shunned elite jobs and fat salaries, and entered into…

You Need Love

I was going through the blog of this guy (American Desi) who calls himself Libran Lover. One of his posts, titled “Heartache for R! [http://libranlover.blogspot.com/2005/04/heartache-for-r.html]” was quite provocative. A couple of months back, I remember waking up one morning and walking like a…

Dreaming Lhasa

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The Rock Journalism Oxymoron

Frank Zappa [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa] once said … > Rock Journalism was about people who can’t write, interviewing people who can’t talk, for people who can’t read. I wonder if it as well holds true for generic journalism – among the glocalization of cultures, the…

Wrong lane

> When everything’s coming your way, you’re in the wrong lane… Did I hear someone shout at me, “mate, watch it!” … *KABOOM*…

In a fish bowl

Pink Floyd, pardon me – David Gilmour, names can be deceiving at times you know, once sang … > How I wish, how I wish you were here. We’re just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year, Running over the same old ground. What have you found?…

Recapture North India

Normally I don’t discuss politics on my blog (why, is a separate tree altogether), but there are very few exceptions to that, specially when a young dynamic leader goes out and speaks his mind; in the widely power-driven, vastly gray-haired and mostly corrupt political council of the country. >…

Out of the box

An interesting interpretation on how to ‘think outside the box’ [http://in.rediff.com/money/2006/jan/20guest.htm] … > I decided to do some research, quite literally. I brought a 42′ HD-TV box from my garage into my living room. I tried to put myself and close the lid…