What is Love? Is it the quickening of your pulse when you see someone? Is it the blood rushing to your face when someone calls out your name? Or is it the lovely sensation that leaves your hand tingling after a momentary handshake? Centuries have passed, civilizations have come and gone, yet love has defied definition. When two individuals are in love it bonds them and connects them in a unified...

Avatar To say that ‘Avatar’ is the most visually stunning movie of our times would be an understatement. Even those with a Jurassic Park hangover cannot refute that ‘Avatar’ is the groundbreaking 3D release of its time. James Cameron, the man who gave us movies like Terminator, Aliens, Titanic has done it once again. ‘Avatar’ in Hindu mythology means a personification of God in human shape. That’s what the Navi are...

Patriotism Today The Independence we enjoy today is because of the thousands of martyrs that sacrificed their lives for the country. Yet another Independence of us shower and make it in time for the flag some hoisting, stand for the 52 seconds it takes to recite the National Anthem and then go back home to our couches spending the entire day watching pirated DVDs. We are done with Patriotism for the...

The Power of Words All over the world, words are the primary way people communicate with each other. It doesn’t matter where you live, what color you are, or what creed you follow; words convey your thoughts. There is no bigger medium of expression. We use words to thank, to plead, to rejoice, to grieve, to instruct, to congratulate. It doesn’t matter if they are written or they are sung. You...

Munnabhai and M.K. Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the architect of India’s independence from the British and the bearer of the sobriquet “Mahatma” is omnipresent in India. You see him looking up at you from the currency notes, the postage stamps, the picture frames in government banks and offices; almost every big city has a road named after him. History books are an ode to his greatness, and the world salutes the...

Call Centres A country that takes pride in its educated youth is now on the verge of going the western way. With the surge of call centres which require just grade as minimum qualification, more and more students are quitting college and taking up jobs in call centres. The lure of money and independence that can be derived from it is luring the youth away from college. The call centre generation...

T-20 Cricket First there was test cricket, then came one day limited overs cricket and now, the T-20 cricket. Yes we have watched as the game has gone from being a slow five day game to a really fast action packed 20 over game. There is only one thing that is constant in life and that is change. One can evolve only if one chooses to change. Yes, the T-20 cricket...

Bollywood Dancing Dancing comes naturally to Indians. It’s in our genes. Bollowood dancing which is a quintessential part of Bollywood movies is not as frivolous as its name suggests. It is the commercial name for modern Indian dancing but it is the combination of classical Indian dance, folk dance, and has been known to occasionally show Latino and Arabic influences as well. That we are a nation obsessed with dancing is...