Politics & Society

Right to Healthcare

By Guest Blogger at 12 April, 2010, 4:24 am

Recently one of my friends underwent a kidney stone operation. I went to meet him. During the discussion the topic turned to the medical expenses that he had to shell out for this operation. When I heard the dough amount, I was zapped! I have to agree that the figure was a tad higher than the average because my friend chose the best urologist in the country and got himself operated in a hospital that is known for its fancy bills. But leaving that aside, let’s suppose that in some other case if the disease itself is critical and requires lot of medical attention, I’m sure in the current scenario, it will cost enough to make the patient opt for voluntary euthanasia instead.

Love, Sex & Dhokha – A counterview

By Guest Blogger at 29 March, 2010, 10:50 pm

It all started when someone (a male) asked my husband in my presence, “Have you seen the movie Love Sex & Dhoka?” and made the following comment “Dude! Do watch it; it’s fun but not meant for girls. So go with your guy friends; you will enjoy it.

The Illusion

By Akhilesh at 22 March, 2010, 10:50 pm

In our daily lives we lay great emphasis in believing only what we could see. A very popular saying also declares, “Seeing Is Believing”. If we ponder over this statement a little in depth we find that we actually believe in many things that we cannot see (I mean physically cannot see). The most basic element that we cannot see but only feel is the oxygen/ air we breathe.

The Herd Mentality

By Akhilesh at 12 March, 2010, 7:04 am

Erich Fromm, a German – American psychologist and Humanistic philosopher once quoted, “The Danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that men may become robots.” I believe the psychologist is talking about the heavy dependence of technology that human beings are used to nowadays. Though I think [...]

Sidewalks anyone?

By Adwait at 7 March, 2010, 9:46 am

There are no adjectives to describe the traffic scenes in the cities we live in. There is no scope for lying and praising it or justifying how crazy it is. ‘Seeing is believing’ as it is said and everyone who has been a traveler for a day at least, has seen the traffic.