One of the nice things that we get to enjoy in our rural hinterlandish life is that, there is no constant invasion of our minds by TV channels and their screaming anchors & other such asinine louse souls, no offense meant at my dear donkeys, of course.

However, one does get to ‘see’ some bits of TV here and there, especially when visiting other folks’ homes  – and sometimes I do get to occasionally discuss some excesses of the TV reportage with our impressionable adolescents at the school – now,  hold your breadth, we discussed the voyeuristic coverage (and self-righteous condemnations) of the invasions into the privacy of  ’alleged’ young Nithyananda (who was perhaps merely affected by hormones, like it happens to the rest of us) and it was interesting to listen to the views of the adolescents. Many of them had either seen (!) the footage or had heard (!!) the details of the frames from others – and, more importantly, had their individual opinions… Read the rest of this entry »

… … or in sex education (oh no!), if you will…

I have the shared the following story many times over in the past, with groups of school-going children, fellow ‘teachers’ and sometimes in the random corporate ‘training’ sessions that I have conducted – all lost in the swirling mists of the past.

Ah, the memories, sweet dreams are of course made of these!

Anyway, over to the story.

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Many years ago – two children, siblings actually – one a 8 year old, the other 6 years of age were living in a distant suburb of Chennai – this suburb was quite close to the Meenambakkam Airport – and was more like a sparsely populated village in those days.

These children went to a happy municipality school close-by and were enjoying open spaces, clean air, safe environments… Oh those begone halcyon days of the past… Read the rest of this entry »

“What’s your view of things, Coyote?”

“Well, it mostly depends on how I’m looking at them, I guess. The angle of perception is important too, of course. And whether or not of open or closed eyes and mind.

“All in all, I’d say I tend to view things thru my crystal, Much more clarity there, and it tends to filter-out misconceptions, too.”

“You know what, Coyote? You talk too damned much!”

“Yes, I agree. And you, Asshole, ask too many questions.”

(From  – Elderberry Flute Song Contemporary Coyote Tales. Peter Blue Cloud is one of the finest native american story tellers and poets)

JournalEntry: 13th June, 2006.