https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/kuwait-apartment-fire-many-killed/article68280816.ece Remember, we do not have enough information about what happened in the fire in June, earlier this year, in Kuwait. Why don’t we have information? Well, it’s because Kuwait does not permit freedom of the Press, or Kuwait and migrants don’t matter to us. If you were to file an RTI petition with the…
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Building collapsed due to use of poor material..
Many of you may be familiar with the statement that this post will be referred to by. Now, when I read this after I heard it spoken by the government on TV, I sat and thought about the statement. Why did this statement sound so vague and without merit? A few days later: A few…
Professional Pride
This was something that was a given, for most of us in our generation. You worked as hard as you could and you ensured that you did your best. That gave you immense satisfaction. That is what Professional Pride is all about. My first Boss, Mathew Chandy taught me most of the lessons I needed…
Karma – The beginning
I have often wondered about myself. Where did i get this patience from ? I am not, by nature, a patient person. So, what happened? I think I figured out that the objects in my path were too large to remove in one, two or three shots. In hind sight I realised that if I…
A sense of Relief
1st June 2024 – around 8.00 pm. It’ was approximately at that time that I shrugged my shoulders and started watching something more interesting then the Exit Polls of Election 2024. The INDIA TODAY news channel, which I was watching, had just exclaimed ( that’s the nicest word you can use to describe how that…
Giving up the Ghost professionally …
Tired Over the last few weeks I have been feeling an enormous sense of tiredness. A feeling of emptiness that I cannot explain. No, it is NOT the worst time in a long time, not at all. However, there is a feeling that I am in a flux. Nothing seems to be moving in the…
Rambling along before Independence day…
I am being arrogant and calling myself a writer, by saying that I have been suffering a Writer’s Block and am unable to finish Blogs I start. Anyway, do bear with me… Since I wrote last, I turned sixty. For some reason I believed that some wisdom would finally dawn on me but I really…
Alone in a crowd – Aalkutathil Thaniye
Alone in a crowd – in Malayalam it can be referred to as ‘ Aalkutathil Thaniye’. Have you ever felt this way? I am sure you have, on that odd occasion. You could be in a group and ask yourself, what are you doing here? Or, just feel alone. Unless you experience it, this feeling…
The Incredible Power behind Silence..
Two contrasting incidents of Silence come to me. They are from two different concepts in life. They also represent different explanations to the title of this Blog. The first, is the older story. The silence of Bhishma , also known as Pitamaha, Gangaputra and Devavrata, someone who was present during the entire Mahabharat, even before…
This too shall pass..
I will be lying if I say that I am not a worried person today. However, I look at civilization and the actions of leaders and people, as a larger element that has to be viewed at a Macro Level or using the modern jargon, Holistically. Though, I admit, it is difficult to discuss Macro…