Hate

Hate can only beget worse hate; love at the least generates indifference.

The advantage of anger

Anger has but one advantage; it makes you see the unhappy sight it is.

Self goal

A self goal is therapeutic; it helps one redefine the goal.

Affection and Indifference

Affection is no guarantee of benign consequences; indifference is a sure shot winner, in this regard.

It is impossible to be young

It is impossible to be young; that kind of self-absorption and self-righteousness is hard to come by. But I try, but I try...

Ignorant wisdom

Wisdom is the beginning of ignorance.

The sin of din

Our affinity to noise is indirectly proportional to our truths; greater the din, much better the sin.

Garba

Garba is an open air swadeshi discotheque where you are allowed a lof of fun in a sanskaari outfit.

Deaf gods, demons and countrymen

Indians love noise; our gods, demons and countrymen are deaf to silence - hence.

Watching bad TV on a brand new one

Watching bad TV on a brand new one makes the latter no better.

Holidays

Planning a holiday, and remembering the same afterwards IS the holiday. The actual visit is incidental.

Power does not cut in Ahmedabad

Power cuts in Ahmedabad / Gujarat are few and far between - pun intended.

The images we see are the images we make...

The images we see are the images we make are the images we see are the...

Hindi, Hindu and the rest

The tragedy of Hindi is the suffocating embrace of the Hindu right; a language is a free bird, flying over prejudices of borders and breed. Let go...

Elected Bullets

This nation consists of two kinds of people - ones who dream up a bullet and the others who receive one. The former incidentally have been 'elected' by the latter. Thank you for voting, and gloating.

Every day begins with hope

The amount of everyday commonplace strife in life would convince anyone of the futility of the everyday; yet every day begins with hope, having just had a hot bath with fragrant ayurvedic soap.

The language of silence

Language helps one communicate; sometimes silence does it better, in spirit and in letter.

Film Language

Film language is like a building; less about the rules of construction, more about the occupants - though without knowing the former, the latter would not come into being.

Are Ass Ass

Being defended by are ass ass and its loony fellow travellers is a shameful thing for an intrinsically plural religion like Hinduism. In fact in its ideal form Hinduism is not even a religion, but a philosophy of understanding and living a harmonious life.

Shitting on the fence

Sitting on the fence has an advantage; your shit will not dirty your feet. On the other hand, after a while you may not be fit to shit.

(06-09-17)

The Moving Image Lie

Images lie; Moving images do it even better.

(06-09-17)

33 per cent of hate

33 per cent of hate won an election comfortably. Imagine what the rest 67 per cent could have done together. Hate is louder, not necessarily in a majority.

(06-09-17)

Dissent in the classroom

In a society where dissenters face the bullet, dissent and subversion need to become values worth learning, and disseminating. In the classrooms.

(05-09-17)

Ritual public sacrifice of animals

Ritual public sacrifice of animals is mindless needless medieval barbarism.

(02-09-17)

Neighbours

If your neighbour is an asshole, you are likely to be one yourself.

(29-08-17)

Teaching Film

Films can be taught in two ways: how to film or how to talk about film. A judicious combination of both methods may result in a watchable 'deep' film. Preponderance of any may find you hitting rock bottom.

(25-08-17)

Confidence

Confidence implies willingness to change; change implies the confidence to will thus.

(25-08-17)

Self

Self is nothing but an imagined entity, forever far.

(23-08-17)

The self-effacing Teacher

Its time teachers stop thinking of self-effacement as a virtue to be cultivated. Wisdom and maturity does not lie in NOT taking ownership of your hard work.

(22-08-17)

Ungrateful Student

An ungrateful student is like a grown-up child pretending he/she was born to none.

(22-08-17)

The Patriot

A neighbour hating moron is not a patriot; for he/she cynically puts the very entity, which he/she claims to love, in avoidable mortal danger.

(18-08-17)

Rights and Wrongs

If you believe you are right just because you are who you are, imagine how many 'wrongs' think they aren't that, just because they follow your principle, in letter and spirit. India and China. India and Pakistan. India and Nepal. India and Sri Lanka...

(18-08-17)