2024-02-07 05:42
Fever is a symptom. Nevertheless, a symptom anyone needs to pay attention to. Perhaps an infection post-surgery, maybe something as mild as a prelude to a common cold or a virus that has dee… Read More
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2024-01-24 07:55
Like many of you, the Suchana Seth Case has gotten my attention too. In fact, it is closely watched as it has a lot of similarity to things that bother me these days. For instance:1. The out… Read More
2023-10-10 07:08
This is a short story, as short as a story can be – and he said, “Hi! Wish and pray that my death finds you well and my blood quenches your mom’s thirst. There is noth… Read More
2023-08-16 12:09
'Mother of mine...' drifted the lyrics of Neil Reid from my son's guitar. A bit stunned by the slow rolling rhythm and the even slower tune that seemed to flow from an even lonelier heart, t… Read More
2023-07-19 07:00
To hate someone, you must have loved them that much… said I, when my daughter asked why she could neither love nor hate a woman we once knew. My son who was listening to this co… Read More
2023-05-18 18:01
How does it feel when the one next to you who promised, ‘… till death do us apart’ leaves all of a sudden… There are days when I wake up dreaming that sh… Read More
2020-09-14 11:16
There are three things one must know before understanding why we say, ‘Rest in Peace’. 1. The word ‘Psyche’ comes from Greek to mean ‘Soul’. When the Gree… Read More
2020-08-06 11:29
A single sub-microscopic, infectious, non-living, parasitic agent has tethered the very fabric of our society and squeezed the energy out of the world’s best scientists by keeping ever… Read More
2019-09-19 20:19
A few days back, my eight-year old son thrust his i-pod and head-phones and said, “Dada, listen; I think you will remove some songs from this.” When I asked him what was wrong, h… Read More
2019-08-02 04:19
Fear of fear gives courage. As we age, we encounter many things, people and situations that come with it no matter how far we try to avoid any of these that affect us. One of man’… Read More
2019-07-26 03:03
Response to RTIThis story is about an autonomous college that has fooled not just students who thought they were doing their postgraduation as we saw in the previous post, yet… Read More
2019-07-24 18:35
How about I tell you a story. A short, quick and fast one that the ones who have ears may understand. This is a story about the wrongs an educational institution can do to its stakeholders… Read More
2019-06-25 04:12
Have you watched colleges and universities getting slammed recently.It all started with a question, "How can the degrees offered to students be held valid if the syllabus they study is being… Read More
2019-06-13 06:25
You wait and you wait for people to understand, to reason and do the right thing. Yet, when there are kinds that pretend to never understand, would prefer to s(t)ink in their lies and think… Read More
2019-04-04 17:44
Hello,If there is anyone who is having difficulty at work, dealing with bad bosses and/or the management, being harassed, abused, feeling unprotected, drawing a pay less than the minimum pay… Read More
2019-03-30 16:22
"An Indian former Roman Catholic priest has been sentenced to six years in prison for sexually abusing a teenage girl in the US. The sentencing came after the Catholic priest pleaded guilty… Read More
2019-03-14 04:17
The whole world seems busy these days... Kerala had a few Temple issues - wanted the treasury of one to stay closed quoting some coiling divine serpent that is there protecting it while some… Read More
2019-03-07 15:42
Recently I went to a farm and on the way I saw many rules and regulations posted on the walls that were laid to protect humans - they told - the driver added that these were what they called… Read More
2019-02-15 09:07
So they say, 'Breaking coconuts is hard.' 'so they say.' Read More
2019-01-31 15:18
Recently I was going through an old hunting video from the jungles of Africa... it showed some white folks going on elephant hunting (more of an elephant trapping) - African elephants - with… Read More
2019-01-08 07:18
One of the greatest of all motivators is discrimination. Recently I had to walk through the dark shadows of discrimination and realized how scrupulously wicked people can be - particularly t… Read More
2018-12-24 20:04
Pork, turkey and cheese have been rinsed, marinated and stocked to the brim in the freezer;Carols we heard sing, crackers were bought and family get-togethers all attended;Lights and stars h… Read More
2018-12-04 04:17
Often it seems to me that I have this irrevocable personality flaw to notice what I consider 'wrongs' and an intense urge that comes with it to set things right - almost like an OCD. Wa… Read More
2018-10-17 04:53
Just as the quality of a plant can be known from the time it shoots, the making of a person is known if we know of his/her quality as a student. Sadly the plants aren't good anymore; we are… Read More
2018-10-04 06:04
A brilliant and brave attempt to question the idea of God through a personified idea of God. Do we live better staying united or with stronger walls built between us? A vada story gives a pe… Read More
2018-09-21 16:20
This a story of long ago. Not a very interesting story or one that we can read out loud to our children before their bedtime yet one that must never the less be told and be known. An inciden… Read More
2018-09-14 06:56
Recently, my mother, who made an appointment at a lab to get an X-Ray taken, rolled in her name with a prefix 'Dr.' and said that she would be there in 15 minutes. Well, going by facts, she… Read More
2018-09-05 09:03
There are two age-old sayings in Tamil that kept popping in my head last week while wondering - why am I doing what I am doing today?Saying 1: Vaathiyar pulla makku. (A Teacher's child will… Read More
2018-08-30 17:42
What does the Indian youth's favourite bike today and the Indian freedom struggle have in common?Ask any Indian boy or a self-proclaimed Indian gentleman from yester-years what his dream bik… Read More
2018-08-05 14:33
To get quickly to the facts, the three main steps for making an impact in your speech like (or perhaps better than) a politician:1. Create Discontent: This is the foundation in which your ar… Read More
2018-08-01 17:08
When you are an outsider, that ugly duckling, the other, you are seldom free from being targeted or being slammed from repeated attacks with an indiscriminately fixed slur aimed and shot to… Read More
2018-07-30 10:22
Recently a young doctor couple dropped in and asked, 'Is something wrong with the both of us? Can you analyze us and tell us what is wrong?' In the field of psychiatry often we are called to… Read More
2018-07-26 13:17
Was reminded of some crazy despots from an International (In)Justice (Christian) Organization while in Bangalore; typical pseudo-hypocritical sacrosanct exhibits. Rare species you may get to… Read More
2018-04-26 06:24
Travelling over 25000 km during the last couple of weeks, I managed to encounter a few people and incidences that I shall write one by one. The most important meeting I had was with a couple… Read More
2018-03-20 10:06
While contemplating on the issues that have polluted and has corrupted the world, above all else, it is the moral pollution and the subsequent corruption of the human spirit that must top to… Read More
2018-02-23 07:09
Speaking to a few students, I am humbled to understand the difficulties they and at times their family face. We as teachers often just see the student's face; never beyond... (in a way it is… Read More
2017-12-22 06:00
We have innovated everything I suppose. What we do now is just 'improvize' on what already exists. All the 'clever' questions that can be asked, have been asked and all those 'witty' answers… Read More
2017-12-04 04:47
Published chapter titled, ‘Identity and conflict as an obstruction to peace’, in the booktitled, ‘A curriculum for peace studies’, published by WCC, ISBN: 978-93- 528… Read More
2017-09-13 05:58
What is the point in having fluoride in our toothpaste? Have we ever wondered or even asked?Neither did I until last week and the revelation was a bit too unholy. Toothpaste ads usually… Read More
2017-08-25 05:23
'First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.' Mahatma GandhiSeems like this came true yesterday after the right to privacy verdict from the SC that saed… Read More
2017-08-22 12:00
Recently, I have been laughing my head off listening to proverbs and quotes with a slight twist... to make some impression, I notice that people add a list of (for no better way to put it,)… Read More
2017-06-06 07:20
Hasta La Vista! Read More
2017-03-30 07:00
There was a time when someone pointed out to an issue I seemed to have had and she even labelled it 'chronic happiness'. It supposedly confused people; 'How could a person be happy even in t… Read More
2017-03-29 07:00
The following is a message from an eminent activists giving clarity about the government's handholding with the media in a desperate attempt to push the aadhar:Some people have written in wo… Read More
2017-03-22 05:55
Upon reading an article in the NEWSpaper today, Court orders eviction: bedridden woman, teen daughter out in the street in Kanjirappally. I couldn't help but remember this song:"… Read More
2017-03-15 05:32
Age-old wisdom regarding pedagogy that I realize to be true in the academia: "Unless hungry for knowledge, it is unwise to feed a (pseudo) learner who is there in front of you out of compuls… Read More
2017-03-02 11:38
To begin with, I teach conflict resolution. This means, I get to learn more than I can possibly teach - with that fact being established, as students, we get to learn about the Johari Window… Read More
2017-02-21 06:00
No one could have said it better about demonetization than the Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen - he said: “Telling the public suddenly that the promissory notes you have, do not promise any… Read More
2017-02-13 11:04
'I don'no... what if she can't get along with my family,' 'what if she and my mom have a fight,' 'I dun'no... what if she can't adjust with my folks; and I have to make a decision between th… Read More
2017-02-03 10:04
The antique market has surely picked up these days. What once was considered old, today seems to fetch gold. Recently, I was at a shop that sells antiques in Nagercoil - everything this guy… Read More
2017-01-24 10:55
Off the Ground to the MenuInteresting turn of events - at least in the Jallikattu front - with Tamil Nadu in the line of fire. The cow and the bull have been giving the Prime Minister quite… Read More
2016-12-20 06:58
Now with that one hit, this blog registers its crossing the one lakh visitors mark. The journey was long, sometimes tough and during those tough and trying times, writing was my only way thr… Read More
2016-12-13 07:14
This is a poem that is said to have kept President Nelson Mandela going during his time in prison. Perhaps the one that helped save a nation at the end.A beautiful poem that I just adore tha… Read More
2016-11-16 05:20
The unethical have a lot to speak about ethics. This is my learning from a set of recent events.Maybe they do so to cover-up their own misgivings by pointing their fingers at others, to defl… Read More
2016-11-09 05:57
Yesterday night was a bit of an excitement mixed with frenzy for many as a NEWS spread in India during the midnight hour, once again, since the declaration of our independence. The NEW… Read More
2016-11-08 06:17
Recently I realized that children fall into at least four categories - depending on the reason why they are born or based upon the way they are parented later. The trophy child like a trophy… Read More
2016-11-02 05:39
Chapter 5 - The Upward Mobility of the DowntroddenThe plight and fight of the socially (pushed) backward and traditionally oppressed communities is more like a life on the wheel. The victims… Read More
2016-10-26 07:24
Just got into a dilemma on personal choice.During recent events in the domestic line, and after test riding a few bikes - something I did after a long time, a very long time of course - the… Read More
2016-10-26 05:13
Case 1:A few years back in 2008, during a cricket match between India and Australia, a balle-balle spinner 'is supposed to have' referred to Symonds, an Australian cricketer as a 'monkey'. I… Read More
2016-10-17 07:07
A movie I watched a long time ago, provided me with a grim reminder me of where we are heading to as humanity... humanity that is forced to comply to thoughts and suggestion without a though… Read More
2016-09-28 10:34
A fellow gets bitten by a snake while trying to take a selfie with it. This happened in India's northwestern Rajasthan state (where else?!) after forest department officials removed the snak… Read More
2016-08-30 09:19
Since I have been writing for a while about some acts fit for a circus happening within the academia, thought that I might as well write one more as an add-on to what has been said so far.Th… Read More
2016-08-23 05:21
'So how would you like to have your tea?' if asked, one would probably start imaging the Darjeeling, the green, the oolong, the silver tips, the golden tips perhaps or maybe even the orthodo… Read More
2016-08-19 04:22
So of all the things, I never thought fighting could be so much fun. Should one laugh? Should one cry? Should one do both?! You see; you decide...And for a bonus, if you are still up to it… Read More
2016-08-17 08:08
On the pursuit of collecting, restoring and archiving antiques, found an old photo-perhaps the only one remaining of my great, great Grandfather-that makes it even more personal to me.This i… Read More
2016-08-16 04:55
Uproar in the media about a 'deemed to be Doomed' private University in Bangalore last week did not catch me by surprize. What happened was bound to happen... perhaps my un-hippocratic self… Read More
2016-08-09 09:56
'It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.' said Adam Smith.'Self Interested, Self Obses… Read More
2016-06-28 07:14
These days, somehow, the idea of classification, stratification, categorization, reservation-no matter what you prefer calling it, the idea of discrimination-surrounds me.Aparna recently was… Read More
2016-06-23 04:45
Every time one runs...runs from something,towards something else,leaves behind what once he called 'home'.A home, at times, a prison for many.To escape, to run.Far away into the distance,to… Read More
2016-06-20 09:24
Very often, as often as we often do, we take a few lines (out of context) and we dare to commit the blunder of maligning the very nature of the person who spoke by highlighting the parts san… Read More
2016-05-19 15:10
India has been a lot more than a country of slums, snake charmers, street magicians doing rope tricks, men with turbans, women with pots on their head and hungry children-no matter how hard… Read More
2016-04-25 06:55
Following an interesting NEWS on the Indian media, ''How can 18,000 judges tackle 3 crore cases, CJI TS Thakur asks PM Modi", a small dialogue from a classical movie came across m… Read More
2016-04-22 09:30
“It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.” Rabindranath TagorePrelude A few years ago, in India, a classic painting of a legendary artist got into a… Read More
2016-04-06 07:39
'Professionalism'-a buzz word that moves the moment one even dares to think of "Social Work". The moment this word (somehow) kicks in, the market gets filled with ideas, ideologies, principl… Read More
2016-03-25 02:25
After paying the membership amount, after waiting for more than the required time for some action to confirm the membership, after requesting, reminding and even begging, and ending up with… Read More
2016-02-16 04:38
A walk across the rusty hanging bridgeto sway from the new to the old.A magical transformationfrom fake to real.More to revel,as stories of tea and Munnar wait to be unveiled...Margaret Brid… Read More
2016-01-25 08:57
The Two Requirements to get a Social Work license in the West as I understand (with my limited perspective) are:1. Formal Social Work Education (A promotive strategy)2. Test for Licensing (A… Read More
2016-01-15 14:37
NEWS about the appeal to UPSC demanding recognition and inclusion of Social Work as a subject has started hitting the media; and I'm just too glad :)NEWS in Daijiworld: Social Workers have s… Read More
2016-01-14 08:35
Today's Hindustan Times reads, "An Italy senator said on Tuesday Massimiliano Latorre, one of the two Italian marines accused of killing two Kerala fishermen in 2012, will not return to Indi… Read More
2016-01-12 06:37
As far as I am concerned, foul words do come way too easily for me; yet, the Bard, beats me square with these lines like a Boss:“A knave; a rascal; an eater of broken meats; abase, pro… Read More
2016-01-09 06:23
Friends, Indians, Social Workers :)Kindly support this initiative: An ask to recognize and include Social Work as an optional subject in UPSC (Civil Exams). All that you have to do is:… Read More
2016-01-09 06:22
Its interesting to see that very often we end up expecting others, maybe another individual or another institution or another organization or another association-to do what we can do ourselv… Read More
2016-01-01 08:11
The proposed idea of evolution and its stages by Uncle Darwin (Evolution as such...)The Later Idea in MotionThe stage of the Worker (survival of the fittest, domestication, mutation due to e… Read More
2015-12-11 06:22
When I was young and as soon as my folks taught me how to communicate, I thought my name was always, "NO!"When I grew up and was educated in conformity by my teachers, I thought my name was… Read More
2015-11-19 05:59
Ego is too light a word to determine why some marriages fail; blame-games and usage of indecent thoughts and words are just symptoms beyond wrapping it as immaturity; hate and evil thoughts… Read More
2015-11-18 05:50
Few months back, an old couple visited my parent's home while I was there. What I witnessed was a sorry state of affairs of the elderly people trying to ruin an young couple's life.With my l… Read More
2015-11-09 11:10
Just have this thing to ask:If Kovan alias Sivadas may be arrested on charges of sedition for asking to BAN tasmac, why aren't a few others who are asking for BANNING a few other things be a… Read More
2015-11-06 06:00
Recent Reflections:1. 'Is money the root cause for all evil,' as I Timothy 6:10 (of the Bible) says or 'the lack of money that is the root cause for all evil,' as Mark Twain claims? I wonder… Read More
2015-11-03 08:47
Strange period of time we live in these daysWhen everything is confusingly reversed...When certain people in India who once had all the access to education and power, today, watch everyone t… Read More
2015-09-25 14:47
The scenario throughout history remains a constant... as fashion and poverty remain in tatters, the rich, by virtue of their status, deem it their right to remain uncovered as the poor are d… Read More
2015-08-19 08:59
There was a time when trying to find a person surviving cancer was rare; this was not "long time ago, so long ago..."as the story must go; yet just a few decades ago when we did not have hig… Read More
2015-08-19 06:14
Pay for presenting your paperPay for publishing your paperPay for sharing your knowledge Are you kidding???Would anyone be so desperate to do this or rather fall for this whimsical nons… Read More
2015-08-18 07:59
They said I was special“The first” they saidEven literature would be happy with the names with which they called meWell, I wasn’t born then.“Selfish”, “Sc… Read More
2015-08-10 11:59
We are all beings of imitation; we imitate people who we appreciate; everything we do well is how well we have been able to imitate someone who has succeeded doing things we wished we could… Read More
2015-07-06 05:24
They showed us the Acropolis, brought sportsmanship through the Olympics, brought in the concept of 'Citizenship' to replace slavery, gave us Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and introduced philos… Read More
2015-05-19 07:09
Everything has a cost in the world today, everything is up for sale... cars, batteries, human livesWomb to Tomb, everything is strained to the buyer for a quoted price Money and what it… Read More
2015-05-13 05:37
Ahoy! Ahoy! Friends, Academicians and Country Men,A recent Supreme Court ruling made wrt higher education. Am sure you would have already been informed yet sharing just in case.After a recen… Read More
2015-04-21 01:53
Title: The Mining of PovertyType: Socio-Political-Economic AnalysisAbstract:“First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.” by Mahatma Gan… Read More
2015-04-20 00:20
Main Theme: Sustainable Livelihood and Poverty AlleviationSub-Theme: Right-based and sustainable livelihood approach to the eradication of povertyTitle: Walls as a metaphor for the downfall… Read More
2015-03-11 04:35
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