Reflections from the Village Bard
Is marriage as an institution in decline? The idea of traditional marriage with all its rituals and fanfare has come under some pressure in many societies where the young people have started to question the validity and the sanctity it proposes .They say that it is not necessary to get married so they choose the…
A self reliant person is a resourceful person who can survive anywhere Here are many ideas on how to be self reliant under any situation anywhere. It should be of common interest as many people find it hard to adjust to new situations and find it difficult to rely on themselves due to their…
The basis of all true friendship is sharing, caring,understanding,tolerance of different views and friendship with no string attached. This throws some light on various aspects of friendship and explains why some friendships endure while others do not. When selfishness and religious as well as cultural bias enters the picture then people can not…
A ghost descends the stairs We all hear stories of ghosts and souls .There are many photos as evidence that they exist although why they do not get nirvana is anyones guess. Some say that they are unhappy so they linger at the place of their former life making it haunted.The post takes this…
Cows are considered useful animals in India The common perception that cows are sacred to Hindus is a fallacy that originated during the Buddhist period in India, when most of the population followed Buddhism and when any…
A criminal wasre of food in some countries A starving child waits to die while a vulture waits near While millions of people starve in so many countries due to famine or man made disasters like war , there are countries that produce an abundance of food that they fail to store properly leading to…
I painted Che as my first attempt to paint my heroes. I admired Che ever since I can remember as a teenager and followed his exploits first in Cuba and later in Bolivia where he was assassinated by the CIA. But over the…
A place called Kashmir could be a paradise but the terrorism is a curse to its people Kashmir is a paradise where the dark shadow of curse has descended, making people there suffer daily. It is a political and military stand off between two adversaries who seem to be at an impasse since 1947.…
Women in Bangladesh work in crowded and unsafe cloth factories for low wages Mankind is plagued by the continuous human exploitation everywhere that does not seem to go away due to the money the unscrupulous people make so there is greater urgency to find ways to stop it and help those who…
