Noggyisms

At first glance it almost seems like a typo. What has the good doctor F got to do with our dear politicians. The politicians have all sold their souls, you may snigger, but then, say I, that does not mean they have got unlimited knowledge in return. And this is not a rant on money making politicians. From time immemorial, knowledge has always been kept under wraps, mostly within the confines imposed by religion. The internet threatens that by making it accessible to all. And that is why, most countries which are under a non democratic setup (and even others, which are not) try and block access at the first sign of tension. Hold this thought while I get back to the issue of politics. I have grown up with a certain disdain for politics. I guess, I am putting that lightly, disgust would be a more appropriate word and I still have that taste in my mouth when the word comes up in discussion. But as Steven Speilberg made Lincoln say in the eponymous movie, " You can do more goo...

I havent been on this page for a long time. A year the last post tells me. There must be something about the month of April that makes me want to post. But, today's post was based on an article I read in the Mint today. It quoted Tagore's poem 'Where the mind is without fear' and proceeded to provide an alternate that is WB (not to mention the rest of the country too). And as I read that, I was forming my own poem in my head. Where the mind is full of fear and the head is forever cowering Where knowledge is in the hands of a few who make sure that no one else has access Where the world is about us and them And forever trying to form an us so there is a them Where words have more to them than what they mean Where tireless striving is only to hide your true face Where logic and reason have no meaning And laws are based on what would accrue power Where the only thought in the mind Is to quell any voice against the majority view Into that cesspool of madne...