April, 2016

• 19 April

  The Man Who Fought WW2 After It Was Over, For 30 Years

  

  He dragged the body of Kozuka, with tears streaming down his face, and the clouds cried with him. The earth created a path of blood, painting the grass and the leaves red. The forest embraced their tears and filled the atmosphere with a promise of new life. But Hiroo Onada …
• 18 April

  Operation Jericho: The Walls Come Crashing Down!

  

  I grip the handle nervously and for a moment, I feel the sweat trickle down my palms within my gloves. The oxygen mask and helmet make me feel a bit confined as if I am surrounded by walls which are slowly closing in around me. As soon as I feel this, …
• 17 April

  Counter Culture: The Reality of Hierarchies in India

  INDIA, “Independent Nation Declared In August” Really? Read it somewhere but some prefer to refer this Nation as Bharat or Hindustan. What come to an outsider’s mind when they think about Bharat are Himalayas, ancient Sanskrit (which is believed to be the mother of various languages in the world), Gautama …
• 16 April

  Counter Culture: Let’s Change the World!

  

  The talk is all about the deficits today, at the same time they’re giving away, billionaire bailouts & corporate welfare, privatizing wars and that’s not fair. Social security which pays it’s own way, has nothing to do with deficits today. Welfare for people that really do need it, ‘reformed’ so …
• 15 April

  Counter Culture: Freedom of Choice – A Make Belief

  

  If I had chosen to live inside the cube that engulfs people around me, I wouldn’t even be sitting here penning this. And choosing not to do that is exactly what is expected of me – by my dad, whose dad taught him to be what he is now. While …
• 14 April

  The Gods Must Be Crazy: The Joy of Simplicity

  

  Thousands of years of graduating civilization stand as an evidence against how far we have reached from our raw beginnings. Everyday technology, online shopping, social networking, faster banking are all stepping towards making life easier than before. Really? Yes, we have gone far but in which direction? Terrestrial tribes, nomads …
• 13 April

  Science with a dash of Humility: The Counter-Culture for Religion

  

  Did you know that the word religion was born out of the Latin word “religio” which means “to bind” or “to connect.” Well, if you look at the world around us with all the madness and chaos that has been festering within societies, nations and communities, we can see that …
• 12 April

  My Take On What We Wear: It’s More Than Just Fashion

  

  Just take a look in your wardrobe, what do you see? My wardrobe is neatly organized with clothing for all occasions, let it be a marriage or a funeral. Society has taught me to follow trends, and idolize the trendsetters, and they’ll be my role models and decide my dress …
• 11 April

  An Ode to Depravity: The New Age Counter Culture

  

  I see a world, where there was harmony And a peaceful society was a reality Where searching basic necessities like food and shelter were a priority Unlike what we are today, tarnished the very soul of humanity   Look back; travel in the past to see The world where there …
• 10 April

  Technology: What a Wonder!

  

  Dear me from 2000, Yes, am your grown up self from 2015. You must be shocked to find a mail from your future self. It won’t be such a news to you when I say it took less than a second to send an SMS to Dad that I am gonna …