War, Election…NOW PEACE!

War, Election…NOW PEACE!

Winning war isn’t everything, also winning election isn’t everything, but finding a strong political solution for the age old ethnic crisis of Sri Lanka is everything. After winning the high drama filled presidential election, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa said,”… From today onward, I am the president of everyone, whether they voted for me...

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Let Peace Prevail

Let Peace Prevail

Someday this land will be free of war and there will be peace in this country, come back to me then… என்றாவது ஒரு நாள் இது யுத்தம் இல்லாத பூமியாக மாறும், விடியல் வரும், அன்றைக்கு திரும்ப வா… Those are the lines which Shyama says to her daughter Amudha during the final scenes of the movie Kannathil Muthamittal...

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You know your friend is from Pondicherry when…

You know your friend is from Pondicherry when…

  They constantly complain about how much they have to travel to reach their destination and how boring other cities are. They get offended when someone asks if Pondy is located in Tamil Nadu. (I know Pondy is not a part of Tamil Nadu, but geographically it is located in Tamil Nadu) They would ...

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The inside rot! – Too much of anything is good for nothing

The inside rot! – Too much of anything is good for nothing

Day 1 – Introduction class Me: I am Moulee, I am from Pondicherry… Prof: Are you? Nice, I did my PG from Chennai, been to Pondy many times. Tell us what is famous about Pondicherry. Me: Its an Union Territory, was not under British, few freedom fighters took refuge here during Indian independence movement,...

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The cost of Chauvinism

The cost of Chauvinism

In this male dominant society, sexual abuse against men are usually buried deep down or never addressed properly. Most of the time the existence of  female predators are not even addressed because of the strong beliefs we have about men, women, power and sex. A male is always seen as a sex seeking creature...

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Sex, Lies and India

Sex, Lies and India

I believe almost every teen in India knows roughly what sex is, of course with all the age old myths. We neither have proper sex education in schools nor  talk about it openly.But surprisingly every census shows tremendous amount of population growth. And not to forget the sex crimes and recent high profile sex...

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Remembering Tsunami – 5th year

Remembering Tsunami – 5th year

Most of us, I suppose, are a little nervous of the sea.  No matter what its smiles may be, we doubt its friendship.  ~H.M. Tomlinson The sea pronounces something, over and over, in a hoarse whisper, I cannot quite make it out ~ Annie Dillard Even before we could realize, the sea we played...

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Avatar – A crash course

Avatar – A crash course

Is it possible to get a crash course on Imperialism and its effects, Socioecology and Environmental awareness? Yes, Avatar does it. A huge budget Hollywood commercial movie which speaks all the above said. The reason, I believe,  why James Cameroon waited so long for the technology to grow was because he wanted things to...

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A fair share

A fair share

Identity is something unavoidable, it is something that makes us our self. We identify our self as humans to differentiate from other living beings and non living objects. Then we identify our self based on our gender and further we identify based on race then language, nationality, ethnic group, religion and so on. It...

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