Category: Random Thoughts
Disclaimer: The views I express here are purely my own. There isn’t any reason for people to follow my thinking. As a matter of fact, I discourage people from doing it. For the simple reason, philosophy is not to be taught, it is to be understood and realized.
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Advice On Marriage
Recently two women spoke the words in which I firmly believe. The first was by my friend Veena. Her brother (my very close buddy) and her parents had been on the lookout for a suitable alliance for her. While she initially seemed fine with it, very soon she got very confused about the kind of…
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People Love To Hate
As I grow older and as I see things happening in my society, I’ve begun to realize that “People Love To Hate”. Anything goes wrong and they take out all their hatred and anger against someone. I cannot take a better example for this than the recent Mumbai blasts. Something has gone terribly wrong and…
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Say No To Dowry
A mail I had sent to one of my friends who said that she did not like giving dowry but was helpless as everyone in her caste expected it. ———————————————————————————— From: Rahul Amaram To: xxxxxxxxxxx Subject: think about this
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The Detoriating Quality of Indian News Channels
Gone are the good old days of DD News when the entire day’s news were covered in about half an hour. Now is the period of 24-hour news channels. And along with it, gone are the days when news actually was something important. The following few instances really make me wonder whether what I’m watching…
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A Moment of Truth
Today I free myself. I had been unable to see why I have been haunted for so many years. But today I somehow realized this as I lay in my bed. It is probably those very few moments of truth which you come across your life. And it surprises me that it had been so…
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Come on guys … “It’s only a game”
Any guess which game I am talking about? If you are from India, then you’d have no second thoughts reg. the game I am talking about – “Cricket”. Plzzzzzzzzzzz, will someone tell me why do people here treat cricket like THE MOST IMPORTANT thing of our country? I’ve gone nuts trying to understand this. After…