Diaries of a Madman

I've been thinking of reading and writing more this year but neither have happened so far. But, if I have to take something from last ...

You said you were sorry Your words as soft As the last snow falling On the first cherry blossoms. -Hu Ming-Xiang

Every 5 years we have an awakening of our collective consciousness and we are at such a time again. There is not much to praise about what...

“Let it be known that British liberties are not the grants of Princes or Parliaments. That many of our rights are inherent, and essential...

So, Obama is back. If I were to be honest, I am not a big fan of the Nobel Prize or the economic policies or of the fact that he promi...

We are not so different, you and I. You who are bursting with all the joys of life, and I, who was left out in the sun to dry. For though...

A lot had to be written and said in the last 6 months, but i have been honestly and truly lazy. In any case, the thought for the day is from...

As I walk back home, I see children selling flowers, books, toys and other articles, getting wet while people relax in their chauffeur drive...

Landlord in Kota: What is your caste? S: We are untouchables. Should we vacate the room? (S btw is a Brahmin) X: No it is fine. But you shou...

The advice I like to give young artists, or really anybody who’ll listen to me, is not to wait around for inspiration. Inspiration is for am...

It will remain, with permission from Allah the Almighty, a curse that chases the Americans and their agents, and goes after them inside ...

I wanted to write today but I didn’t know what. False starts, dead ends, and incoherent beginnings was all I could conjure. I used to list...

Its time to move again. Its surprising how your life can be packed into a few boxes leaving no trace of your existence except a concert ti...

Protesters shot at point blank. Tanks, helicopter gunships, foreign troops...5 protesters dead. Cries of genocide and a state of emergency d...

10 more days in Hyderabad...

If you don’t know where you are going, any road will lead you there. It is time for travel again. The list for this year already includes Ch...

“ There is a legend about a bird which sings just once in its life, more sweetly than any other creature on the face of the earth. From the ...

Marx believed that the most significant social change occurs through outright violence. A government derives its power from its monopoly ove...

I was aghast when I heard the verdict more so that people were welcoming it. Chopra and Deepti were at the receiving end of my rant on the d...

We submit to the hypocrisy of our caste base politics and secularism as our ideal. Even so, the rise of caste based parties represents the f...