My Musings

Musings....... The post Cold War period in the history of the world is characterised by the emergence of a different kind of war among nations.  You can call it the Cold War or the competition among nations for economic development. So from a bipolar world which prevailed during the Cold War period we saw a transformation into a unipolar world with USA emerging as the sole world power with dictatorial power over world trade policies and economics.  The emergence of yesteryear third world countries like China and India has “toppled the Applecart” so to say.  In the beginning of the 21st century what we are seeing is the transformation from a unipolar world into a multipolar one where multiple power centres are emerging.  People’s Republic of China which was built on the lines of a successful model of Communism and socialism has emerged into a world power which recons respect. With the influence of Chinese commerce extending to far flung areas of the gl...

Musings....... My recent visit to Tirupati in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh was an enlightening experience. The richness of the culture of Andhra Pradesh and its cuisine makes me go back for more. A visit to Tirupati was obviously to visit the Lord Venkateshwara Temple situated in Tirumala Hills part of the Sheshachalam Hills range. The Hills is part of seven peaks representing the seven heads of Adishesha. The Temple lies on the seventh peak - Venkatadri on the banks of Sri Swami Pushkarni, a holy water tank. Tirupati Lord Venkateshwara Temple is a prominent Vaishnavite temple dedicated to the incarnation of lord Vishnu who is believed to have appeared to save mankind from trials and troubles of Kali Yuga. The lord is referred to as Kaliyuga Prathyaksha Daivam and temple as Kaliyuga Vaikuntham. The seven hills are - * Vrushabhadri- Hill of Nandi * Anjanadri- Hill of Lord Hanuman * Neeladri- Hill of Neela Devi * Garudadri - Hill of Garuda * Sheshadri- Hill of Lord Vi...

Musings....... Paribaha Mukhopadhyay 24, always wanted to study medicine and serve people. Who is Paribaha?  He was a bright student, a school topper who also came first in his Higher Secondary examination from Howrah district. Before his career as a doctor could take off Paribaha, a House Surgeon in Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College (NRS), Kolkata was assaulted allegedly by bystanders of a patient. He suffered depressed fracture in the right frontal region which is a bone in the skull, with contusion supposedly from a blunt object like a brick. Though the patient is stable at present the incident caused huge uproar in West Bengal, taken up by the media and ensured mass resignations from Doctors.  Doctors from all over the country including the IMA have been strongly standing by the protesting doctors from Kolkata , who are demanding proper security to doctors. IMAs nationwide strike on the 17th of June was complete. This is not the first incident or a one off incident o...

Musings....... Trends and times change and so does people. The prevalent mood of the public and society as a whole can be gauged in a significant way by the movies of the times.  Malayalis have always been progressive in terms of the movies that people watch or we feel so when we get compared to movies that come out of neighbouring states.  By far Kerala has resisted hero worship to a large extent and the so called “ Masala” content has been minimal in comparison.  Kerala film industry can boast of producing many greats, doyens of their field giving us wonderful movies.  Be it in front of the camera, or behind it Malayalis can be proud of producing many a legends. Having lived most part of my early teenage in North India it was but natural that I should have been attracted towards the glittery world of Bollywood cinema however fortunately or unfortunately that was not the case.  Though I enjoy Hindi movies here and there, most of the time I have been disapp...