Archive for the ‘Parenting/Children’ Category
Being queer in India
There’s a series of brilliant articles on CNN IBN about being gay in India. Coming out, not a gay and glad experience Gay and Indian Law and Behold Six part video Just so you know, the Indian equivalent of Proposition 8 in America is Section 377. Advertisements
Filed under: Bangalore, India, Links, Morality, Parenting/Children, People, Society | 4 Comments
Tags: Homosexuality in India, India
‘Wait’ no more.
This Valentine’s Day, the Law Commission of India is thinking of all you hormonal, barely out of school, socially challenged 18 year old boys. As if board exams and sparse facial hair weren’t problems enough, the government of India may very well grant you the right to finally propose to that girl you’ve had your […]
Filed under: Children, India, Links, Morality, Parenting/Children, Politics, Sex | 10 Comments
Tags: 18, India, Marriage
Disturbing. On so many levels.
Seen near Southbank, Melbourne.
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Tags: Children, Melbourne, Parents
The Vatican has outdone itself this time. After the Ten Commandments of Motoring and declaring itself as the one true church, the dark empire has denounced The Golden Compass. For the uninitiated, The Golden Compass is the (children’s) film based on Philip Pullman‘s His Dark Materials books and from the looks of it, the film […]
Filed under: Books, Movies and Reviews thereof, Essays, Films, Me, Movies, Parenting/Children, People, Quasi Philosophical Ravings, Rantings, Religion, Science, Society | 6 Comments
Tags: Religion, The Golden Compass, The Vatican
The Epitome of Hypocrisy
Every time an Indian with a Y chromosome delivers a tirade fueled by patriotism, he is bound to tell you that the Indian culture stands tall amongst all else because of it’s unrivaled respect for women, for the female form, for the working woman, the daughter, the sister, the mother. He will tell you how […]
Filed under: Bangalore, Children, Crimes Against Humanity, Hyderbad Blues, India, Links, Morality, Parenting/Children, People, Politics, Rantings, Society, Uncategorized | 6 Comments
Massive Ego at Work
Yale: I mean we’re just people. We’re just human beings, you know? You think you’re God. Isaac Davis: I… I gotta model myself after someone. -Manhattan ( 1979,Woody Allen) Ever since I can remember, I’ve never been satisfied with who I was. I’ve always pretended to be somebody with quirky tastes and admirable eccentricities. But […]
Filed under: Books, Movies and Reviews thereof, Films, Nostalgia, Parenting/Children, People, Prose, Quasi Philosophical Ravings, Rantings, Society, Uncategorized, Weird | 12 Comments
The Root of All Evil?
Honestly, as much as I’d loved all his previous books, I was a bit disappointed by Richard Dawkins‘ The God Delusion; not because the arguments weren’t sound but mostly because the entire book oozed with an air of arrogance. Of course, when you’re one of the smartest people on the planet, arrogance goes with the […]
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