Raavanan? :)

I might just have sat down in front of this laptop, wanting to write a post on the new movie Raavanan which I watched yesterday. But then, I found that there is no point to say something that has already been told by others! :) I found the cinematography wonderful! Music was awesome! Vikram stole the show! Aish was lovely! Period...

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Wish You A Very...

I feel so so so so so so so lucky that I am born and have been brought up in this way, with great friends around me... I hope it would last for a little longer :) I just don't know how to express my gratitude. But I know that the only way to express this gratitude is by making others I love feel lucky that they have me around.  ... HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY DEAR MOM...

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Fake Swamis and Cults

This is a random podcast, made in Tamil, but I thought this fit well in this heading of Clearing The Clouds, so I am posting it here, instead of under the Random section that I am yet to create. This podcast discusses about fake swamis and cults, deriving the topic from a recent Neeya Naana episode on a similar topic.  Download link is here (Right Click and Save Target As). This is the link if you wish to watch the Neeya Naana episode: www.thamil.org/tv_shows/?m=view&vid=21346  The two links mentioned in the podcast...

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यह प्यार एक ऐसा जस्बात है  जिस से रिश्तों का मौथाज बन न पडता  ...

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Unpaid labour

As I am writing this post, I am making a mental note to inform you that I am a liberal feminist, and therefore believe that the notion of gender is a socially constructed one. I believe that men and women are equal but have been constructed mentally to believe that men are stronger, smarter than women or that women are more sensitive, emotional than men. If this were absolutely true, then there would be no exceptions to this rule, and yet there are. So having said my point, now I will come to the matter that has been bugging me. Well, not really bugging me but I've been thinking about it. It seemed really unfair when I came...

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