Tag: death

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…

Thus have I heard, the below poignant and hilarious accounts are based on actual concurrent incidents… The old abbot of…

In the ‘retelling’ of ‘Beowulf’ by Gareth Hinds, King Hrothgar tells Beowulf the following after they slays Grendal and the…

‘The Serpent and the Rainbow’, which is supposedly based on a true story (By Wade Davis) tells of a terrifying…

One of the most poignant poems I ever read, followed by some related sentiments: (The above is a scene from…

In the poignant but touching story of ‘My Sister’s Keeper’, a young girl realises that she was conceived specifically to…