When you tell someone that you're a gamer the immediate reaction would be that of surprise and ridicule. People have a perception that games are for young people. Why should a 30-year old be a gamer? Gaming is generally looked down upon because it is considered a waste of time. Some even think it is silly to be playing games beyond your teens. Don't you have better things to do? Is this the best you can do with your time? May be you should grow...
Aren't you getting tired of these news channels? It's all getting a bit obscene now. Everything is a breaking news. Everything is a sensation. I don't take any of these headlines at newsvalue. Something becomes a headline because there is nothing better to report. Unfortunately, there should always be a sensational headline, a terrible crisis, a shock report etc. What's more unfortunate is, if there is none, there is an attempt to create these...
Yet another Zen story. As always, quite deep and thought-provoking. This is one of the longish zen stories but there's reason why it has to be this long. I want you read this as many times as you want and come up with your comments. I want to know your interpretation of this story. The reason why I've posted this is I really want you to read this story plus, I don't have time to post a written article today. Now, over to...
How many of us have heard of the genocide in Rwanda that killed about 1,000,000 people, wiping away 10% of their population? Yup, that's a million murders and million dead bodies in a country smaller than the size of Kerala. Frankly, I didn't know about this. Okay, this did not happen early 18th century or something, this happened in 1994. I was joining college then. Of course I'm not the best informed but a million murders cannot escape...
As you can see, the title of the blog is now 'Critical Thoughts'. The earlier title 'Random Opinions' was just good enough but I don't think it captured the essence like 'Critical Thoughts' does. Forget the aptness, the truth is I'm in love with this concept of critical thinking. For those who don't know, 'Critical Thinking' is a very interesting and important concept. The word 'critical' might give a negative tone to the word but that's because...
I love Osho's writings. He does come up with some superb stories to explain his points. Here is one of the fantastic stories from Osho on Lao Tzu (supposedly a 3000-year old story). This story is from his book on 'Freedom' where he explains and enlightens us on what is freedom. It is not freedom from something or freedom to do something, it is being oneself. He also talks about how the society and institutions have curbed the evolution of man...
I've been wearing spectacles since I was 10. To wear spectacles at that young age is one of the most annoying things to happen. That artificial piece of thing on my body did not please me at all. It's not like your clothes, watches or caps. There's a dependency on glasses. You depend on them and you need them. Without them I could not be effective or useful. As a young boy suddenly you'll feel like you're a bit physically challenged. It's never...
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