Ravana’s bloodline exists
The Vedas, mysticism, mythological references, and ambition to reach the pinnacle as a strategic weapons consultant form the core components of an intrigue that define this thriller. ‘Divyastra’ written by Nimish Tanna and published by Become Shakespeare isn’t the usual terror-and-gore thriller but digresses into quite a bit of interesting story-telling without compromising with pace....
Dussehara changes nothing because we haven’t really changed
The locally erected Ravan is barely hundred yards away and I can see it clearly from my seventh floor balcony. I can see that scintilla growing into an enveloping fire… but before I could feel any oy at this symbolic annihilation of evil, I hear this song loud clear… ‘kar chale hum fida jaan-o-tan saathiyon...
Macho men and meek women
Macho men and meek women – Review of ‘The Truth about Myths’ A first reading of this slim book made me mutter words that the writer himself had used at some place, ‘We’re actually a land of intellectual masturbators!’ But as I re-read the book, parts of it made me think. The writer is rather...
The guts of doing what is right
The guts of doing what is right: Review of ‘The game of Life – Shattered Dreams’ Ramayana, like any other epic anywhere else in the world, is as good as the way it is interpreted. I mean, if you read a badly interpreted version of even the Bhagwad Gita, you might not really find anything...
I’m sure even the Gods will love to e-learn!
Technology is something that has fascinated even the Gods… even those teeming thousands from the Indian mythological tales. Our own Ramayana and even the Mahabharata are filled with so many incidents that go on to prove that the Gods were madly in love with technology. When I told this to my nephew, he cautiously asked...
Immortality comes with a heavy price. Review of ‘I, Rama. Age of Seers.’
We’ve all been reading the story of Rama and there are quite a few of the tales from his life that are already known to us. Ravi Venu, however, decided to tell us the same story balancing a glass of a heady dose of Vodka in one hand and a glass of Rooh Afza in...
An intimate peep into Ravana
Is violence always political? No, such questions aren’t just asked by the Oxford University admissions team while interviewing students for admission… such queries have been doing the rounds for ages. The violence of a war is generally backed by political intent, or shall we say, political discontent! And you see this all around you. Disrupted...
Ravana lost as he never had a Samsung Tab
No, King Dasharatha wasn’t really tech-savvy but he wanted his sons to be well-versed with the tech-arts of the day. He had made sure that they learn all the relevant martial arts, imbibe the pathways prescribed in the religious texts, and be strong in body and mind. He himself was a rather like a proactive...
