Learnt about corruption/selfishness / exploitation from painter Ramana, who was visiting me after a long time at my home. Our discussion ranged from Ganesh Puja, God, cheating, corruption among other things. He gave, unknowingly, an insight into corruption and cheating. I realized that the discussion we had is worth recording. Hence this article. We keep […]
Author: Dr. K. Raja Gopal Reddy
LAXMINARAYAN
We have seen many pictures of Lord Vishnu and Goddess Laxmi – or Laxminarayan at various places- at home, temples, streets, shops – to name a few. Lord Vishnu otherwise also known as the Narayan is the most powerful God of the Hindus. According to Hindu Mythology Lord Vishnu is the Sustainer of the Universe. […]
INEXACT 6th MONTH CEREMONY OF AN EXACT MAN
Father’s 6th monthly ceremony is over a week ago. Hindus celebrate death this way too, believe that by remembering the departed through these monthly ceremonies, they come to accept the terms of life without them. Only the memories are remaining. I have memories of seeing my father as a handsome young man in the police […]
NavIC: Navigation with Indian Constellation
American tech giant Apple integrated its latest iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max with chips embedded with ISRO’s NavIC navigation system for its phones in India. Why iPhone embedded ISRO’s NavIC navigation system for its phones in India? This aroused curiosity. Indian Navigation – NavIC World Navigations – GPS NavIC: Navigation with Indian […]
Ramaiya Vastavaiya
I can’t forget this song ‘Ramaiya Vastavaiya‘ and always will be shining in my heart. I pay homage to Rafi Saab, Lataji, Mukesh Saab and other artists who made this song evergreen. Shree 420 (Hindi) 1955 Ramaiya Vastavaiya (Telugu) 2013 Jawan (Hindi) 2023 Director: Raj Kapoor Producer: Raj Kapoor Music: Shankar-Jaikishan Main Cast: Raj Kapoor, […]
CONSEQUENCE (2003)
Never trust the ratings of IMDb. This is the lesson learnt today. As everyone knows, one of my chief occupation besides reading (less these days), writing (more these days) and watching (equal to writing) is that of researching on INSURANCE movies. It would not be out of place to mention that there are over 2500 […]
Whomsoever Parvathi
Everything begins with fun, joy and especially when we are not at prepared! A week ago, when Parvathi said: “Your face looks like the ‘whomsoever’ in the ‘whomsoever it may concern’”. I did not understand it in the first instance as to what she meant. When I understood, a smile on my face. I am […]
JAWAN
Yesterday morning around 9 am thousands of people across the globe spent three hours watching the movie ‘Jawan’. This was the day (07.09.2023) this movie is released. The hero is Shah Rukh Khan (SRK). People are going crazy watching the movie. This movie is a super unprecedented hit. Everyone of the team worked hard to […]
ANARCHY OF THOUGHTS
The French philosopher Jean Francois Lyotard, in his book “The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge”, argued that all knowledge is subjective, fractured and fragmented, and that there is no one universal truth. Knowledge is not only the known but also the “revelation” or “articulation” of the unknown. Thus, he advocates the legitimation of knowledge […]
KARYESHU DASI
Who said the verse कार्येषु दासी, करणेषु मंत्री is a mystery. I am sure each of us may have heard this verse at some point of time or the other. Some people opine that this is written by a poet Baddena, in 13th century as a part of Neeti Shastra. Baddena was a Telugu poet […]
