Kartikey Sehgal
If nature is not god, and it is to be controlled by a god, then its destruction is not akin to god’s destruction.
Nature is then secondary; it comes after god. Nature is not god but since it is important for survival it is to be protected. If you don’t protect nature, then god will punish you. Never mind that without nature you will die in the first place. And how will you then think of god?
Transference of Power
If you commit …
Kartikey Sehgal
(The author attends Krishna Janmashtami Celebrations)
The hostess introduced the dancers and said that it is important to teach dance to young Indian girls. “Indian Classical Dance instills discipline into women. It is important for Indian culture.”
She also spoke about the Bollywood impact on children; implying that we need to move beyond recognising film dance as a substitute for traditional dance.
We saw a classical dance on a song from Lagaan, “Radha Kaise na Jale”; another one on “Kahe Chede Mohe…
Kartikey Sehgal
Journalism can be tough; especially when the issues you stand for stand right outside your door.
On the road outside the office of a newspaper, there were homeless people, scattered, in small groups-many of them migrants.
The children were almost naked but the Gods were in place; provision made for their residence on the brick wall.
A little further stood a tall building and at its base there were more migrants under the shade of some trees. The tree is the saviour and it shades even the Gods.
Kartikey Sehgal
[Fiction]
“Oh, you know him not!”
I said to my friend while walking along a peaceful country road. He is a patient of chronic back-ache and today was especially a troublesome day for him.
“Why is he blue? Because he is conscious of having brown skin like Indian men.”
My friend was aghast. He said that the colour blue was only symbolic and that nobody would bother if you drew him brown or black. He also urged me to come back to my senses.
Animesh Das elucidates his views on the notorious cult of Satanism. Satanism, he says, is a way of life.
The term has been hijacked by outlaws and metal bands alike for their own convenience.
He tries to dispel age-old misconceptions that the Satan of his believers has few, if any, characteristics similar to the Islamic or Christian concept of the Devil.