You hoist our tricolour at the Red Fort. Twenty-one gunshots are fired in its honour. You step onto the dais to address the nation one last time in your tenure as Prime Minister. You speak proudly of your government, you announce your schemes and make your promises. The nation listens.… Continue Reading
The ‘Others’
“All genders are equal, and some genders are not more equal than others.”
~ George S.Orrywell
On a warm, splendidly depressing morning of my 12th grade boards, I sat in my car, amidst the grand chaos that is the Silk Board junction. If you are a Bangalorean, you would … Continue Reading
AGNI VARSHA : A PLAY BY ADA DRAMATICS
In a kingdom that has been ravaged by drought for years, a fire sacrifice is being carried out at the palace. But Lord Indra, the custodian of rains, isn’t appeased. ‘Agni Varsha’, a tale from the epic Mahabharata, is based on the play ‘The fire and the rain’ by one … Continue Reading
Vinod K. Jose on Journalism, Courage and Credibility
“If you are out doing a good piece of journalism, the chances of it living longer is in the many people interested in the story getting killed.”
The year was 2001. A young man said his goodbyes to this little town of Manipal and set out on a journey, with … Continue Reading
Aleppo, 2017
Brother, I am fire
Surging under the ocean floor.
I shall never meet you, brother–
Not for years, anyhow;
Maybe thousands of years, brother.
Then I will warm you,
Hold you close, wrap you in circles,
Use you and change you–
Maybe thousands of years, brother.
… Continue Reading– Kin, Carl Sandburg