Pondering Life !!!

We must have read so many books; which are beautiful work of fiction. How many times would an Author reiterate his/her perspective about the protagonist with series of incidents? How many times after reading a book you would wonder, who this story is about. Such is the prowess of Ayn Rand in presenting  story of Roark, supposedly the protagonist. The Fountainhead is a brazen criticism of people who follow patterns, conventions and have an outlook for a safe and secure journey. It also goes on to insult people who work/create to please the system or a sect compromising one's own thoughts and beliefs. The story begins with a comparative portrait of two architects Howard Roark and Peter Keating on choice of ways to achieve creativity. Roark believes in his own methods and reasoning about his creative instincts. He is ready to traverse an arduous path for proving his perspective to the world which believes only in conventions. Peter on the other hand prefers to have a...

This morning woke I woke up with a news  "Osama Bin Laden killed". And then the videos / images validating his death flashed across news channels. How can we Indians be behind in reporting such an event, dramatizing every angle and thought around it. Then a thought came, US is non-civilized, barbaric, cruel to have killed a terrorist. They could have rather arrested him, and after taking permission from Pakistani government, they could have taken him to US. Then kept him in a prison and ran a case for more than 3-4 years. Proved his conviction using key witnesses and a govt. lawyer fighting hard to defend him stating Laden is innocent and was brain-washed to carry out 09/11. This would have helped them build a global reputation and might have won Obama a Nobel again... Then I thought, it is UNITED STATES OF AMERICA a global goon which knows how to find their way. Then I quickly thought, some country has been doing such a benevolent act. Yes, it is our very own country I...