you are the problem and the solution too and everything that lies between is also you and so goes on the endless struggle to give meaning to life
Cops commiting suicide
As the Times of India reported that a cop blew his brains out in front of the Mantralay in Mumbai today, there came with it a full blown report on depression amongst the lower rungs of the police force leading often to suicide. Please look at my blog of a few days ago 'The Depressed [...]
From RK Pachauri : Nobel Prize recipient on Global Warming : Myanmar is a grim reminder of climate change..
Do current patterns of growth and development define an improving human condition ? The global economy has reached unprecedented levels of economic output and activity. Earlier predictions of grim disaster associated with Malthusian thought have proved completely irrelevant, because human ingenuity and technological development have provided solutions to the problem of stagnation in production of [...]
Is this how all of us will get water soon ?
My assistant went out and shot a little video in Colaba, in Mumbai. There's no water in the taps in this area. It is served by Water Tankers, that come once a day if you are very lucky, and you queue up for hours to get water. A few burly guys are pushing and pulling [...]
The purpose of life
Loved the simplicity with which harb wrote this under the blog 'Can we change our Destiny ?" There is a fascinating discussion going on there that you should visit. "As for the purpose of life, imagine yourself to be a part of a flowing river, rather an indistinguishable part. Pushed by and flowing with the [...]
The depressed Mumbai constables
The other day I went 'somewhere' in Mumbai and got there early. So sat down with the really nice young constables outside and shared a cup of tea with them. How different they were to the constables either made fun of in our films, or derided as corrupt individuals. It was startling for me to [...]
Sonya’s book list : L N Mittal vs Arcelor, Who’s side are you on ?
You might look upon him as an underdog ( never mind that he's the world's fourth richest man) Or you might (as much of the European establishment did) see him as the noveau riche, pesky Indian, getting above his station in life . With a peskier son by his side . But whichever way you [...]
Am I in control of my Destiny ? Who is the ‘I’ ?
Aditya, my new assistant asked : Am I in control my destiny ? There is a more fundamental question. Who is the 'I' that is asking that question ? If the question is being asked by stepping outside the illusory 'I' and looking it from a universal point of view, then the 'event' (that is [...]
Socially unacceptable behavior
Does anyone remember when Indira Gandhi declared an emergency ? And because there was a food shortage at that time, she forbade any party of more than 50 people if food was being served. Is it time to do that again ? In this lopsided world where some people fly private jets all over the [...]
Sonya’s Desert island List
Talking Books One woman's inspiration is another man's toilet paper. Nowhere is this truer than in the world of books. In my family, there are emotional arguments. The man I married, is disappointed in me. I never , never, he complains, get around to reading the wonderful non fiction volumes he dips into- Danziggers Travels, [...]