Tag: death

Don’t run out of time to express your appreciation. Not just love for a lover or care for a friend….

All good things come to an end, in departure and death. All good things come to an end, if they…

In ‘Aftershock’, a foster mother-to-be asks to ensure that the girl she wants to adopt really has no surviving family….

She spoke of her fears of how he might not return. I consoled her that we all face the same…

I encountered someone who seem perfectly normal, who turned out to be suicidal. I had a chat with him, to…

Amulets might offer some protection – but they cannot protect anyone from eventual death. Amulets might offer some blessings –…

In ‘The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus’, Johnny Depp plays a character who says this to a lady in her imaginary…

If forced bedside conversion to another religion is okay according to some, is it okay if someone else does the…

From His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, ‘Compassion is not a luxury, it is a necessity for human beings to…

In ‘Valley of Flowers’, which might appear to be a Tibetan Buddhist movie at first, there is a scene of…

I make a long list of stuff to bring to India, before I departed. Don’t forget the toothbrush, the torch…

Death as release from suffering, as being for the better, is not always true. Death as entry into hell, as…

The ingenious film that is ‘Inception’ begins with the assumption that it is possible for multiple persons to enter someone’s…

(Thank you, Scorpio East, for the premiere tickets!) Though ‘Aftershock’ retells the terrible tragedy of the 1976 Tangshan earthquake which…

When the fire alarm went off, right after the film ended, the folks within took their time to saunter out…

Would you rather sleep longer and live longer, due to having improved health, or sleep less and have more waking…

I lost a good idea… It just slipped my mind, as suddenly as it arrived. The very next thought… that…

One of the most memorable films ever is a film in a film – in the movie ‘American Beauty’ called…

Another wonderful short dialogue from ‘Flash Forward’: Mark: We’re running out of time! Dyson: The whole world is! With or…

Q: Of all things in life, what is the most amazing? A: That a man, seeing others die all around…