The internet, which once was thought would take humanity forward and help it evolve to the next level, is now seemingly accelerating its destruction. Many of its platforms, still naively thought by many to be the young, exuberant media of entertainment and liberation they once were, have long since silently mutated into monsters threatening to…
Human beings are hardwired to always look for patterns and reasons in everything, which is why we keep on wondering about why things happen, especially when they do not go as per plan. However, no matter what Paulo Coelho thinks, my general belief is that the Universe is too busy to give a flying f**k…
The future of work is one where physical locations do not matter or exist.
Despite all recent societal advancements, Kerala society lags in mental health awareness as it is considered a taboo plagued by lingering stereotypes and falsehoods. This discourages those with afflictions from seek professional help fearing ridicule and exclusion. This needs to change for a healthier society especially our children.
The Man With The Golden Gun was surely one among the low points of the Bond franchise. It had a very strong plot in the beginning, but then muddled it up with two characteristic traits of Roger Moore Bond films – incorporating contemporary cultural and socio-political trends and motifs in the films and presence of…
Propelled by pink haired Kevin O’Brien’s awesomeness personified innings of 111 runs off 63 balls, Ireland tounced neighbors England and created history in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 in Bangalore today. The same England team had forced India to a tie at the same venue some days back. O’Brien scored the fastest 100 in a World Cup match,…
First things first – “The Amazing Spiderman” is not really the next in the series, Spiderman 4. This one is a reboot, this movie has got nothing to do with the timeline of the other three. This movie goes back again to the beginning – the origin of Spiderman. It tells us the story in…
The Football World Cup starts today. Yes, the FIFA World Cup, Russia 2018 kicks off in a few hours! I always considered the World Cups as among the most important events in my life and can vividly remember when and where I watched them ever since USA 1994. I always prepared for them, brushed up…
Kerala’s once-prosperous and mighty “Red Elephant” (aanavandi) is all but skin and bones today, but nursing it back to health is not Mangalyaan-science as explained in the previous chapter. However, there is a much deeper reason behind KSRTC’s present crisis than simple financial travails. Without fixing that, any kind of solution implemented will only be temporary. In the last…
Indian Rupee is Ranjith‘s latest Malayalam offering, coming across as another one in the genre of “new age” films like Traffic, Salt N’ Pepper and Pranayam currently redefining Malayalam cinema with fresh stories of everyday lives of small-time real people. It almost looks like the “golden age” of Malayalam cinema of the late 80s and early…
Yesterday, India’s uncrowned king of bubblegum literature, Chetan Bhagat, decided to celebrate Father’s Day by recycling an old locker room joke about child custody and a Coke vending machine. Minutes after the tweet was published, all hell broke loose and a shitstorm of outrage ensued on Twitter with all kinds of people, trolls, bots and…
This election was probably the first one in my life where I had no idea what was going on in the Kerala political scene at all. I voted though.