Month: August 2013

Bollywood, Facts and Fiction, Humor, Indian Cinema, P U Krishnan, Short Stories

A friend in need is a friend indeed

“Traitor, Traitor…” Venu kept on shouting those words when he woke up at mid night after a horrible dream. “Ten years have passed, ten summers with the length of ten long winters… again my stupid mind refuses to admit my own selfishness and utter a word in praise of Revi, my best friend and classmate.” …

Crazy people, Issues in India, News: My opinions, Politics in India, Strikes and Protests

If there is a will there is a way

Certain new developments in India give rise to ominous indications that democracy is slowly yielding place to mobocracy. Strikes, protests and violent demonstrations resulting in demolition of public properties have become the order of the day. Far exceeding the usual quotas of demands and protests from the opposition parties are the ones erupting from new …