Black Sabbath
It all began in Birmingham. And it will end there. Black Sabbath created heavy metal.
History
Posts from the history category.
Leaders
Indira Gandhi remains India’s first and only female Prime Minister. And in a country like India, where women are still not treated as equal to men, that is celebrated. But I want to argue against it - on multiple counts. We have many more female role models, should we care to look closely. None attained the power that she did, but none should, in the manner that she did it. My only exhortation to ...
Democracy
It was complete co-incidence that I started reading this book at the same time as the drama in South Korea was unfolding. And the fact that the people of South Korea shut down this nonsense even before it began, yet again shows the fragile nature of democracy in countries like S Korea who had to fight tooth and nail for it. This hard won democracy needs to be protected at all costs. As in South Ko...
Destroyer of Worlds
If there is one place, that always makes me pause and introspect, gauge the profundity of the soil and the moment, then it would be the Trinity site. 16 July 1945. White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The Gadget. This is all that remains today. Seeing these images is still overwhelming. The words of Robert J Oppenheimer would yet be the most appropriate. “We knew the world would not be the same....
The Proud Forehead
You share quiet moments with death,Standing tall where the world ends,At the border where life feels fragile,Yet your resolve never bends.The Himalayas stretch endlessly before you,Wrapped in a cold, merciless white.There’s nothing but snow, silence,And your unwavering fight.The wind cuts like knives, the frost grips your soul,But your fire refuses to fade.In the heart of this frozen wilderness,Yo...
Miss Hokusai review
Miss Hokusai is a Japanese anime movie set around early 1800s in erstwhile Tokyo, called “Edo”. The principle character is O-Ei, daughter of a famous painter and a talented painted herself. The movie is very realistic in terms of how everyday life is portrayed, but has a distinct mystical feeling about it. The effect this combination of mystical elements in a completely realistic world (which is s...
Moment of Creation
Girl from Ipanema is one of the sensuous and compelling pieces of music I’ve had the honor of hearing. But its unveiling to me was a mere side event. Compared to the magnificence that is V for Vendetta. This scene, was a crescendo. A starting gun. To a marathon of a series of questions and discoveries, that happily continues to this day. I can wholeheartedly say, this is where my education re-star...
Championship
The last constructors championship: 1998. Cigarette sponsorship was legal. Cars could be controlled from the pits. The engines were 3 liter V-10 petrol burning, frenetic screaming monsters. The cars were small.8-Dec-2024. Championship again.Everything is different about F1. And everything is pretty much the same. Its still the pinnacle of auto racing. Its still dangerous. It is still boring for th...
Soup at Painting
Museums have been a sanctuary for me for a long time. I cannot overstate their importance in my adult life. This entity that is a welcoming space to explore art, heritage, history and anthropology - has been another piece of the puzzle to understanding what and why of “us”. There have been multiple incidents of activists throwing soup at painting to bring attention to global warming and humanity’s...
