As a kid I remember I was fascinated with Westerns, and started using swear words just to sound grown-up. What I got in return was sharp slaps from my parents for using words like “Damn, hell’s a fire, Jesus…” Of course, I mended my manners soon. When I asked my parents why I shouldn’t say [...]
Archive for July, 2008
What is in a name? That which we call a rose
Posted in The Muses, tagged # Jesus loves, Full Gospel Ministry, Gift of Jesus Ministries, Halleluah, Indian, Jesus Alive, Jesus Calls, Jesus Cares, Jesus Comes, Jesus Driven Ministry, Jesus Ministries Trust, Jesus People Ministry, Jesus Redeems, Jesus Restores, Jesus Saves, Jesus Works, Jesus Youth, Jesus!, Love of Jesus Ministry, Madras Christian College Matriculation Higher Secondary, MCC Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Chetpet, Melody chocolates, Ministry of Jesus, Praise the Lord, Rachel Chitra, swear, Westerns, What is in a name? That which we call a rose on July 31, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Leisure
Posted in The Muses, tagged Leisure by William Henry Davies on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath the boughs And stare as long as sheep or cows. No time to see, when woods we pass, Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass. No time to see, in broad daylight, Streams full [...]
RSS quotes – priceless nuggests from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
Posted in Quotable Quotes, tagged Advani, America, anti-conversion law in TN, Atal, BJP poster-boys, Christian church, CIA, George Bush, Graham Steines incident, Gujarat riots, Interpol, Iraq war, Israeli atrocities in Palestine, K. S. Sudarshan, Mahabharata, Mahatma Gandhi, Missionaries, Nathuram Vinayak Godse, non-governmental organizations, Pope Benedict XVI, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, RSS cadre, sarsanghachalak, theists on July 30, 2008 | 5 Comments »
An RSS cadre on Gandhi:“He was a very cruel person for the Hindus” The RSS cadre on Gandhi: “We did not want this person to live….We did not want this person to die a natural death, even if 10 lives were to be lost in this purpose” Guessed who, the RSS man was? None other [...]
Sangh Parivar spews hate on feminists, atheists
Posted in I protest, tagged 500 BC, atheists, binamies, Black Parivar, bloggers, Buddhist, chastity, DK, DMK, feminine divinity, feminists, historian Romilla Thapar, ideal womanhood, Inter-caste marriage, Jain, Karunanidhi, Mandodhari, Mary Wollstonecraft, model wife, patriarchy, Paula Richman(editor)'s "Many Ramayanas, Rama, Ravana, researchers, Retelling of the Ramayana, Sangh Parivar, scholars, Sita, Surpanaka, Treta Yuga, Vasanthi Sankaranarayan, Virginia Woolf, Who is Rama? In which Engineering college he studied?, women lib on July 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Since, I’m both of the above, I was curious to click on this link on google, while checking out Vasanthi Sankaranarayan’s translation of Retelling of the Ramayana. Apparently, someone had written something on Sita and the Sangh Parivar had to retaliate. The Jaina and Buddhist hypocrisy is picked up by the selective scholars, researchers, bloggers [...]
A Toast to Merriment
Posted in The Muses, tagged A Toast to Merriment, James E Foley on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Make merry! Though the day be gray Forget the clouds and let’s be gay! How short the days we linger here: A birth, a breath, and then–the bier! Make merry, you and I, for when We part we may not meet again! What tonic is there in a frown? You may go up and I [...]
If You Think You are Beaten
Posted in The Muses, tagged If you thinn you are beaten by Walter D. Wintle on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you think you are beaten, you are. If you think you dare not, you don’t. If you’d like to win but think you can’t, It’s almost certain you won’t. Life’s battles don’t always go To the stronger or faster man, But sooner or later, the man who wins Is the man who thinks he [...]
Quoting Shree Sonia Gandhi
Posted in Quotable Quotes, tagged Assam, de-facto President, dynasty politics, Edvige Antonia Albina Maino, elections, Forbes magazine, Indian Army, Indian National Congress, Kerala, Left parties, Lok Sabha, Manmohan Singh, Nandigram, Parliament, Prime Minister, Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi, rape, Sonia Gandhi, Tata Group, United Progressive Alliance, West Bengal on July 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Wiki on Sonia Gandhi: Born Edvige Antonia Albina Maino, Ms Gandhi is an Indian politician, the President of the Indian National Congress and the widow of former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi. She is the Chairperson of the ruling United Progressive Alliance in the Lok Sabha, and the leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party. [...]
Worthwhile
Posted in The Muses, tagged Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Worthwhile on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It is easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows by like a song, But the man worth while is the one who will smile, When everything goes dead wrong. For the test of the heart is trouble, And it always comes with the years, And the smile that is worth the praises of earth [...]
In defence of feminism
Posted in The Muses, tagged actor-director Nandita Das, Chennai, defence of feminism, discrimination, domestic violence, feminist, feminists, fundementalists, Indo-Korean Film Festival, sexual harassment on July 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My dear right-minded feminists, I apologise for the use of the word “defense,” as it sounds a bit apologetic. But I guess this article is a reaction to every strange glance I get when I mention I’m a feminist. People immediately assume I’m a rabid, fanatical, anti-male, hysterical female, who wears pants, smokes cigarettes and [...]
