July 25, 2012

Tragic Ending Vs. Tragic Living

We classify some movies as tragedies. Typically these are movies with a tragic ending where a lead character is killed. Obviously, the hero or heroine and not the villain.

I sometimes wonder if this is the right classification. Well, there are movies where the characters go through one misery after...

July 23, 2012

Hunger For Power

What does a human being strive for? Simple - food, clothing and shelter.

What if these are fulfilled? Is the person contented? No way - there is a second list - bike, car and more luxuries meaning more wealth. So does being wealthy beyond limits make one contented?

Not a...

July 21, 2012

Heroes Without Villiains

Every movie we watch, particularly action movies, are about the good guy(s) trumping the bad guy(s). Sometimes the good guy ends up dead after finishing off the baddies … which is even more dramatic.

Can there be a movie with only the hero and no villain? Obviously not, as how...

July 18, 2012

Words Can Be Funny !

For the first time I realized that the way words sound can be classified as beautiful and ugly. To put it more mildly we can say that some words are sweet (this is a common descriptor) and some are bitter.

One such word I heard today was “Understandability”. Maybe it...

July 18, 2012

To Dream Or Not To Dream

The vision of a distant dream overpowers the mind preventing it from recognizing the current realities of life – this is the curse of the Dreamer.

This is also the boon of the Dreamer - preventing him from being seized by the sense of pragmatism that kills vision.

Pragmatism is...