Do you often see the roads in your neighbourhood at one am in the morning? I get a chance. Once in a while. I drive briskly through roads that are startlingly calm. They lie winding and tired, like endlessly long dormant snakes, satiated after the heavy bustle of the blistering day. In the hospital, you […]
Category: Rational ruminations
On Bullshit. (without it, we would be lost)
Bullshit has been around a long time. As long as there were bulls. Please note that I am talking “Bullshit” and not “Cowdung”. I don’t want to go to Pakistan. Pakistan is much worse. For now. But the word bullshit, has been there , almost from 1900. Amazing. It never went out of fashion. For […]
Some Feminists may be wrong (The a##hole Guru says.)
Recently, in a meeting, a feminist I greatly admire spoke out against the commoditisation of women. I presume she referred to the depiction of women as sexual objects. Now- theoretically, that would include hoardings and ads that show beautiful women, including the ones subtly or less subtly revealing what are known as curves. It would […]
Being God’s Lawyer
God and Religion can provide meaning, purpose and solace. Active participants have a community with which they have a sense of belonging. Striving together for a cause is one of the most potent reasons for living well. Then there are evidences from some other practices derived from religion. Prayer, group chanting and praising of God, […]
I ask God a thorny question
Recently many insisted that it is the nature and philosophy of certain religions that makes the adherents resort to violence. I asked God about that in our latest meeting. Transcript: If you are interested- Me: But isn’t true that religions are very different from each other regarding their virulence and capacity to generate hatred towards others? […]