Casually Googled / Binged: “The number of elections, on an average, does a voter needed to vote in India per year”. This enquiry did not elicit any suitable reply. I do not know which part or the Article of the Constitution of India talks of elections every 5 years. Nor am I interested to know. […]
Author: Dr. K. Raja Gopal Reddy
Double Indemnity
Double Indemnity (1944) was the stylistic innovation, now known as “film noir.” This movie is 79 years old. Directors John Huston and Billy Wilder recognized that the specific use of light and shadow could enhance both the themes and atmospherics of their crime thrillers. Wilder’s cinematographer, John F. Seitz, played with lighting techniques to find […]
God’s Creation and The Human Greed
God’s Creation is strange. Un understandable. But the Human Greed is a stranger. Even the God cannot understand the man he created. The God was up that day very early, finished His morning coffee and sat down to work. He sighed apologetically, the day of rest – Sunday – 3 more days away!! He began […]
WHY AM I NOT A PATRIOT
I am not celebrating the 75th Indian Independence Day. And I advise you strongly not to celebrate. Patriotism is not remembering the freedom fighters; nor is it crying after listing to some so-called patriotic songs of the Bollywood like “AYE MERE WATAN KI LOGO”. I am not a patriot in that way. Please allow me […]
On Short Tempers, Lower Morals and Broken Homes
We have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; We have wider roads, but narrower viewpoints; We have bigger houses, but smaller families; We have more conveniences, but less time; We have more degrees, but less sense; We have more knowledge, but less judgment; We have more experts, but more problems; We have added years to life, […]
ENOUGH TO END IT ALL?
Many wonder what is enough to end the life? No. Not life. What is enough trouble to end it all? A Peek in this direction is as follows: In 1927, Edwin Wakeman of Manchester committed suicide leaving this note: ‘I married a widow with a grown daughter. My father fell in love with my stepdaughter […]
MIND YOUR LANGUAGE
What is the difference between “complete” and “finished”? No dictionary could define the difference between them. A friend of mine told: When you marry the right woman you are ‘complete’. If you marry the wrong woman you are ‘finished’. And when the right woman catches you with the wrong woman, you are ‘COMPLETELY FINSIHED’. I […]
WOMAN as an ELEMENT
In Chemistry an element is a fundamental item that cannot be broken into smaller pieces by non-nuclear reactions. Question is this: Can we describe a woman and its properties using the language of Physics & Chemistry? Element Woman Symbol Discoverer Adam Atomic Mass Accepted as 53.6, isotopes vary from 40 -200 kg. Occurrence Copious quantities […]
Do We Need Robots to Clean the Human Waste?
During discussions with Mr. Shyam, on various social issues, the issue of the ancient practice of the ‘Night Soil’ cleaners came up. He said this was a horrific practice. He abhorred it. I did not understand what is there to hate about it! The Night soil cleaners are those who come every day to the […]
The Story of Shravan Kumar
The moment we hear the name of Shravan Kumar, we remember the devotion of a son towards his parents. I will not venture into the details of the most popular story of India. But who is Shravan Kumar? Who are his parents? Do we know the names of his parents? Why were they living in […]
