Quality media, especially colourful images, make a blog attractive on the very first look, and encourage readers to take a closer look and actually taste the contents. Initially I was unsure of how to do this without the risk of infringing on somebody else’s copyright. I also couldn’t find many resources on the net that […]
Author: raman
The Prisoner and the Wasp
He was the oldest inmate of the Central Jail. Being in solitary confinement, he kept to the world of his own thoughts. He had no friends, except a wasp that shared his cell with him. The cell had two high windows which were the only link between him and the outer world. The left (while […]
Living with Differences – the Indian Ideal
In 1947, when India got independence, the country was divided in two in accordance with the two-nation theory proposed by Mohammed Ali Jinnah. He claimed that Hindus and Muslims were separate nations sharing only a geographical region. It is well-known that this thought was a result of the divide-and-rule policy which was conscientiously followed by […]
My Experience with Blogster
Long long ago, when I was in college and had a lot of free time on hand, I used to blog on a platform/community called Blogster under the pseudonym of meanderthalis. In spite of all technical and functional shortcomings of platform, it was a good social experience, thanks to many of the bloggers there who […]
The Seeds of a Crime
Images of Velupillai Prabhakaran’s young son eating biscuits (presumably in Sri Lankan military custody) and later lying dead on the ground shot through the chest, that were in the news yesterday were literally heartbreaking. When that initial shock and pain in the heart eased, many questions popped up. Is this news true? Why would they […]
Salarying Housewives
Late last year, there was news of a law being drafted, that would require husbands to pay a “salary” to his wife if the latter were a homemaker. As expected, there were many discussions on this law and, interestingly, some men’s groups vehemently opposed this proposal. I am very much for gender neutral laws in […]
An Organization of Chessmen
In one of those free and relaxed moments, this question came to my mind: If the different roles in a business were to be mapped to pieces of Chess, who would make up the different pieces? A few of the relations were intuitive, and the others were obvious on giving some thought. King (♔) “Customer is […]
Demystifying Luck
Luck is what we wish for, and lucky is what we wish to be. From ancient times, men have tried using specific stones, names, numbers, and even tattoos that they believed would bring them good fortune. These days, universally applicable charms that attract luck and guard against misfortunes, available for sale online or over the […]
Right to Express – Sense over Sensitivity
Hardly a month goes without news of protests by groups claiming that their religious sentiments were hurt by a cartoon, film, or other works of art and literature. I think it is perfectly okay. Everybody has the right to be offended and to protest (peacefully and democratically). But the trouble starts when they start demanding […]
A Bout of Illness
For the last 10 days or so, I have not been in the best of health. There are thoughts that are not likely to come to us in a state of perfect physical well-being, in which we tend to think of this body as a tool that will always be available at our service. But […]