Nupur Sharma offended the Muslim community by quoting something from Quran. Irrespective of whether what she quoted exists or not in Quran, offense was taken and she had to go underground. Death threats were issued. She was removed from the party post. Multiple people were killed just for supporting her. …

Someone on Twitter said that RRR is going to be India’s entry for the Oscars this year. In our effort to avoid watching Bollywood movies these days my wife and I watch South Indian movies. Another reason for watching RRR was because the makers (Rajmouli et al.) …

Acceptance would be a good step towards lasting reconciliation. Noted writer Chetan Bhagat recently published an article (behind a paywall) in which he suggests that both Hindus and Muslims should come together and construct Mospels — a combination of mosques and temples. He has become the subject of ridicule on…

Marcella is a British crime series Netflix. In every season, as much as I saw it, they solve one crime per season and every season has 8 episodes, or at least the first season has 8 episodes. Marcella is a police detective. In the first season she’s a housewife and…

What happens when you bust a firecracker? Banning the firecrackers has got nothing to do with pollution or controlling the environment. There are many human activities that are worse culprits than bursting firecrackers for a couple of days. The parali-burning farmers of Punjab cause much more severe damage to the…

Here is a nice article I came across today: What if emotions aren't universal but specific to each culture? | Aeon Essays The first time I saw Pixar's movie Inside Out (2015), I was too entranced by its craftsmanship to realise that there…aeon.co The author somewhere mention is that politics and ideology place a big role in the psychologists accepting that our emotional response to various events in life as well as in the world are the result of our experiential growth.

Recently the Indian actor Naseeruddin Shah uploaded a video saying that he is thankful that there is a Hindustani version of Islam that is totally different from the barbaric Talibanic mentality. …

Hit & Run is a fast paced thriller by the makers of Fauda or at least partly by the team of the great Israeli series on the conflict between the Israeli intelligence forces and the Palestinian terrorists. As a rule my wife and I these days don’t watch crime dramas…

Even if a player wins a bronze medal in the Olympics, it becomes a historic moment in India. Someone on Twitter commented that in countries like USA, Russia, China and Japan, they don’t even count bronze and silver medals. The only medals that are counted are gold medals. Just as…