Author: akshay

Whatever you read, whatever you hear, whatever you think, ask yourself: Could the opposite be true? That’s all there is to critical thinking.

What makes girls today wish they were born as boys? Why has every Women’s Day article I read today focused on the injustice towards women and not on their achievements? Why do they even have to build a site explaining women’s rights in Islam? Why did I think of founding the sisbro organization (a volunteer…

This is with reference to the claims by the 8-10 middle aged women who wanted a contribution from me towards the ‘Aanandotsavam’ program to be held by Shri (another Shri?) Ravi Shankar at Kannur on February 15th, 2011. (Since the whole Art of Living foundation claims to enlighten people and make them grow internally, which…

What do you do when you start failing to reach your goals? Set the goals low? No way. Set the preparation higher. And I’ve got to prepare.

[This is an email response to this article, which I thought I should publish] Hi sir, I’m 17, in twelfth standard. My girlfriend – who’s not exactly my girlfriend because she’s always responded negatively to my “I love you”s – liked your article in The Hindu (Generation Y: where is it headed for?, Nov 13,…

Answer all questions honestly in the next 24 hours. And see if that brings any change in your life. Gandhiji was not superhuman. Then how did he lead India to independence? Because he used a weapon which was unbeatable. And we all have that weapon. Only that we have not tried to use it.

I was first taught about sex neither by my parents nor by my teachers. The first time I really learned how babies are made was when I saw a porn movie when I was 14. Yeah, even before the advent of Internet. And till today my parents haven’t talked to me directly about sex either.…

There’s been a very clever e-mail running around in Indian inboxes for many years. It cleverly exploits multiplication into making people think that MPs are a huge waste of national resources. The mail first is this: Govt. Concessions for a Member of Parliament (MP) Monthly Salary : 12,000 Expense for Constitution per month : 10,000…

I won’t wish you a happy Independence Day this year. Not just this year. Henceforth. Because unless I begin doing something for my country, I simply do not deserve to wish you. I was notified of this day coming. By the facebook event which asked me to show my love for my country by setting…

Necessity is the mother of invention. Emotion is the mother of creation. And experience, it’s father. – Because experiences make people emotional. You fall in love, you make a tough decision, you break up, you get a gift, you fall sick (no you’d be sick, then), you watch a touching movie, you catch up with…