The huge wedding hall was jam packed and there was steady flow of invitees. One of them, an elderly person who was in a “To be or not to be mood” decided to skip the function after some hesitation. Another elderly chap who seemed to be his friend persuaded him to attend the function but …
Category: Caste System
A (pictoral) ode to Saint Valentine
Ode to Saint Valentine
The other side of the show!
“Undue importance is being given to the so-called intellectuals..um…†“Do you think the intellectuals should keep mum?†The person who conducts the debates on some TV channel interferes, without giving an opportunity to the participant to complete his/her views—may be because the said participant seemed to upset the plans of that particular channel. “Not exactly†…
Census 2011—India
Democracy is the best form of government, no doubt… as long as it strictly adheres to the principle, “By the people, of the people and for the peopleâ€. India opted for this form of government as soon as it became an independent country, way back in 1947. With Jawaharlal Nehru at the helm and the …
Medium of instruction
Speaking at the graduation day function, the other day the vice chancellor of an university in South India emphasized that the medium of instruction should be one’s mother toungue and that alone can “make a man into a good citizen”! Instead, if he had said that it would be easier for a student to understand …
Linguistic fanaticism
One’s attachment to one’s language or rather, one’s mother tongue is quite natural but when it crosses all limits and tends to ignore or condemn other languages, the love becomes blind and self-defeating. These people, especially the purists among them would not allow any new words or phrases to enter into their beloved language, if …
The good old days…
“From the day one I saw you…†An apt and timely film song was on the air… some of us were deeply immersed in that song. There were those who took it as a disturbance to their conversations… Or shall we call it “the scandal sessionâ€? Most of them were in their sixties and seventies …
Gender discrimination
On the vast lawn of the Boat House in Ooty, some newly married couples were sitting. Maybe they were waiting for their turn. At that time the lake was full of boats and none was available at the “stand”. But, the couples were not in a hurry because they were engaged in a heated debate. …
A ray of hope for forward communities
At long last, there is a ray of hope for the long-suppressed forward castes in India. Ever since independence there had been attempts to portray the entire forward castes as socially and economically ahead of all other castes, with the result that the poor among the so called forward communities were driven from pillar to …
LET’S RISE ABOVE PETTINESS
Globalization transcends divisions Maybe this concept is business-oriented But it shortens the distance between homo sapiens Black or brown or white We are all offspring of the mother earth. The White liquid that we squeeze out From the udders of the cows Could be milk or dhooth But mixed with coffee or tea The effect …