All posts in Philosophy, Religion, Culture

The Parsis of Bombay
April 30, 2011, 3 Comments

A personal reflection on the Parsi-ness of Bombay and why that makes the city special.

Meaning?
March 10, 2011, No Comments

Time and again you get up and stare out with sleep lidden eyes, searching for a meaning. Why ask for meaning when there ...

Laxman, aesthetics and stoicism
February 20, 2011, 5 Comments

The world cup article in our section is about V.V.S.Laxman. This is ironical in many senses and it is not the least of t ...

“Shine during the day, and let me shine at night”
February 3, 2011, 6 Comments

After the sound of my parents’ voice, his voice is among the first ones I distinctly remember hearing after being ...

Inception and its Inspirations: Escher, Dali and Yoga Vasistha
February 2, 2011, 18 Comments

‘He stole the idea from my subconscious.’ Just the sort of proposition you would have expected on the lips of a char ...

Defining moments of 2010
December 29, 2010, 1 Comment

As one can imagine from the title of this piece, the contents are going to be a bit farfetched. Simply because, in the s ...

Of Gods and Men- Movie Review
December 17, 2010, 5 Comments

I recently watched the French Movie, “Of Gods and Men” directed by Xavier Beauvois . It is possibly one of t ...

Cirrhosis of the Liver and Hindi Cinema
November 10, 2010, 8 Comments

Today’s piece is going to be given over to brooding over gloomy things. Brooding over the importance and necessity ...

The historicity of Rama- should it really matter?
October 24, 2010, 5 Comments

Speculation about the historicity of Rama is a flourishing industry in India. Some are convinced that there was a histor ...

Karma and rationality
October 20, 2010, 2 Comments

Sometime ago I wrote this post on my idea of karma. It generated a heavy discussion and left me with many questions. Thi ...