was chatting with physicist friend Rajesh about life and chances, serendipity and coincidences. is it organic or are we all part of a larger well-oiled vehicle at play- why some of us are lecturers, some firemen, bakers, investment bankers and so on. Are we part of a meaningful cosmic scheme? Is meditation and yoga a [...]
i am not much of a bargain hunter but like all women, i know a good deal when i see one. Earlier, I have bought Wally Lamb’s THE HOUR I FIRST BELIEVED (soft cover), having read one of his previous books which i adored, I bought a copy at BORDERS for $20+. When I saw [...]
I keep coming back to Frida Kahlo.
I caught the film years back and liked it so much that I climbed the Coit Tower in San Francisco to view the mural art by Diego Rivera, her much older, socialist, cheating husband.
The film starring Salma Hayek playing her painful but artful life was on TV last Sunday on [...]
A lone figure stands tall, slightly slouching. This civilian stands in front a line of military tanks. He is like Superman, without the cape, without the superhuman ability to bend the turret at will or to fly away. The year is 1989. The place is Tiananmen Square. This man, this unknown person armed only with [...]
