Staff Sergeant Robert Bales faces murder charges in the US, defended by a famous US attorney who promises to humanize Bale's crimes. I am assuming that means 'Diminished Responsibility' due to combat stress as he had been to combat zones 4 times. I guess there will never be any questions of the responsibility of the [...]
Why would you want to be merely you?
A looked at my teacher, the tree, outside my window and it said to me : You have travelled and listened to the wise ones. Have worshipped with them. Loved them. Been their best friends. Have seen compassion, yes. But also Ego. Ego is fear. Fear of loss of individuality. Who am I in this [...]
Did Strindberg denounce Miss Julie’s actions himself ? How is Miss Julie relavant to India today ?
Has the west finally achieved the egalitarian society it boasts about? Does the class and gender war only exist in Asia and Africa? In that context, is a 19th century Swedish play, relevant to 21st century India? Social preoccupations and prejudices find a place in August Strindberg’s most popular play, Miss Julie. The daughter of a count, living in a [...]
Heath Ledger and Four Feathers
This letter from Justin just came in and it is so moving that I had to put it on the blog. Thank you, Justin. Sir, I am a 24 Army vet, I did 3 years in the infantry. Sorry it took many years but I have seen your movie The Four Feathers. Words cannot describe [...]
Death Toll up to 7 in Riots over Water Tanker Killing in Mumbai
The driver of the water tanker, Suresh Salve succumbed to his injuries in hospital, as the death toll in the 'water tanker riot' rose to 7. Harish Malvade, the guard who fired the first shot killing Pradeep Amre, the 11 year old boy from the local slum, is fighting for his life even as the [...]
95 yr old artist defines passion creativity life and defies age
My encounter with Robert Amft, the 95 year old American artist : by Horst Vollman. As I rang the doorbell to Robert Amft’s home in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on a sunny January afternoon in 2012, I knew that I was about to meet an American icon, an artist whose versatility is unmatched in the art world. [...]
And God said Let there be light .. fibre optic light
And then God said there be light .. ....fibre optic light The world now changes at the Speed of Chaos . The changes are non-linear. The year before is not a portend of the trends in the current year. Yet we are caught in an addiction to linear analysis. Why ? Because once the trends [...]
We speak of Darkness
We speak of darkness as we speak of light we speak of darkness as if it arises and radiates like light, forgetting as cold is the mere absence of warmth dark is the mere absence of light and in creating walls of prejudice roofs of fear windows of hate doors of ignorance we breed the [...]
Why I killed Tina (In Mr India)
Good god. Can you imagine making a film and being responsible for the characters almost 20 years after you have made it ? I cannot count the number of times that people have stopped me on the streets , and now asked me on twitter or on my blog "why did the little girl Tina [...]
a leaf
be vulnerable so vulnerable that the pain of a falling leaf reaches out, and .. moves you to tears be aware be so aware that the sound of the first flap of new born butterfly's wings fills your heart with joy