Tag Archives: society

Heritage and change, where is my Utopia

Alvin Toffler talks about future shock as what one experiences when the rate at which changes take place overwhelm you and you are no longer able to cope with it. It seems like a problem that is seen acutly in the US (Not future shock, just rapid change). It is not that pronounced in some

Land of the free (?)

America has been self proclaimed as the land of the free. It has been close to 3 weeks since I landed here and have seen, observered a lot about american laws, people, law enforcement, and I am really begining to if if this is indeed the land of the free? What is free or freedom

We are like that only

Yesterday afternoon was spent watching a movie. Anjali and myself went for “Van Helsing”. I know its a crap movie, but that was the idea. Wanted to have a good time passing stupid, idiotic comments on stupid, idiotic scene and dialogs there. The inspiration was Vipin’s idea. This was suggested by him during the Bangalore

Cultural Indoctrination

Everyone of us is a part of the cultural fabric that weaves into the communal identity of our society. We may adore it, hate it, accept it, try hard to shake it but the fact remains that we are still a part of it, and more importantly, it is a part of us. It’s not