If you are able to accept it if the Buddha reprimands, but are unable to accept it if an unenlightened being reprimands you on the same matter, perhaps the Buddha should reprimand you for this bias as well, for relying on the messenger more than the...

‘Pride and Prejudice’ tells the tale of how the aloof Mr. Darcy came to be with the feisty Ms. Elizabeth Bennet. As usual, for classic romances, it would be wrong to call it wholly a love story per se, because theirs was a love-hate relationship before they finally decide to...

I knew of this video from a friend’s blog. To my utmost surprise, it totally moved me to tears. Later, I read in the papers that it moved many others to tears too! Not because it’s depressing but because it was simply BRILLIANT! It touched me so that genuine appreciative joy just...

From ‘The Twilight Zone: The Monsters are Due on Maple Street’ by Rod Serling (adapted by Mark Kneece), a mysterious blackout strikes the suburbs. The townsfolk gather and a boy suggests that it might be the work of invading aliens, who are simply waiting in the dark to grab...

In a sense, the movie ’17 Again’ is yet another version of ‘Groundhog Day’. A 37-year-old man gets to relive being 17. His renewed adolescent angst is combined with near mid-blue crisis though, as he realises how dear his family is to him and how urgent it is to...