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In reading the book “Fear and Forgiveness” by Harsh Mander which talks of the aftermath of the Gujarat 2002 pogrom against the Muslim community, a larger concern seems to be swelling in me. Why is it that a mob has … Continue reading →

My mail ID and most of my netizen identities are “raghuarr”. And very few might expect that the arr appending is really for AR Rahman! Before almost ten years, when still in school, it incidentally also happened to be the … Continue reading →

Same things looked at from different perspectives appear so very different. I have grown up watching movies on Doordarshan as a kid, and Rajkumar movies in Kannada have made an impact in my mind like no other external events in … Continue reading →

Welcome to WordPress.com! This is your very first post. Click the Edit link to modify or delete it, or start a new post. If you like, use this post to tell readers why you started this blog and what you … Continue reading →

The debate on censorship will of course have extremities of opinions. With the latest umbrella rule of no bulk SMS-ing, and only 5 messages per day the population affected by it, primarily the networked youth have become vocal about the … Continue reading →

It is said that you are your true self when left alone. Based on no reading or listening, but my own experience, I can argue that the true self is manifested to the next level, when with the right companion. … Continue reading →

I am no expert in plays – neither watching them, nor reading them. Nonetheless, recently I have started to digress away from the monotony of cinema into the profoundly impacting realms of theatre, play and drama. Within my limited exposure, … Continue reading →

My blog is 1410 days old and it seems I have attained a feat of publishing 500 posts in Silence before the storm. Commemorating this is a precious personal joy to me. My blog is a whole bundle of precious … Continue reading →

The shuddering me, into the shivering you The warmth of me, eased in the coldness of you; The heaviness of me, floating with the lightness of you The harshness in me, made aware by the tenderness in you; The smell … Continue reading →

“Obedience cannot be expected of like minds, only compliance”. And it requires servility, either in a subtle or pronounced form to budge down to bureaucracy, is a claim that I make. It seems to hold true with all the experiences … Continue reading →