The Sour Grapes of Higher Education

The Sour Grapes of Higher Education

Power is everywhere, and it is ironic that its manifestation is stark in the institutions which have been created with a sincere hope to establish equity in societies. A ghastly aspect of power underlies the higher educational institutions in India today. Formulated...
Irrfan

Irrfan

I am not in any way directly related to the film industry. I am not a student of a film school. I am not a theatre actor. I have a very crude understanding about the art and the craft of acting. A lot of the people I know and interact with are also very similar to me,...
Notes to Myself

Notes to Myself

The tools of the mind can be wrongly used, but the mind possesses no wrong tools The above quote is from one of my favourite books written by Hugh Prather called Notes to Myself. If you are looking for a book to read then you can take your chance with this one. All...
Insights

Insights

Sometimes I feel like I have no idea what’s happening and sometimes it’s like I know it all and I feel happy. I feel it’s difficult to conclude because nothing has gotten over for me to be able to write about it. It’s going on, and it will forever I guess....
Learning Decision

Learning Decision

There are things beyond the mind. I feel the mind is just a collection of memories and accumulation of our society, people, ideas, influences, visuals etc. We all think our mind is us, and it is telling us something. BUT, if we actually observe, or at least I have...
Pathways

Pathways

As my final year of high school was coming to an end, I saw all my friends talking about college and sending in applications. I, therefore, decided to do the same. I don’t remember having thought of why I was doing it then, I just did. Being in a hostel, college...