Blog me...curiosity redefined

     Yesterday I watched the historical drama film 'Agora' released in 2009 that was originally in Spanish and translated to English. The movie revolves around a philosopher, mathematician and astronomer called Hypatia, played by Rachel Weisz, during the Roman empire and her discoveries to understand heliocentric model of solar system in the midst of turmoil of religious unrest. Its quiet unfortunate that such a great civilization which was so advanced in thinking, culture and acceptance was lost to the mob riots. As the movie depicts, Roman empire has taught us gender equality, social acceptance, creative and forward thinking but also the other side of the fall due to religious intolerance and unguided domination.       Agora, named after public gathering in ancient Greece (Alexandria in particular), is an exceptionally great movie to understand why civilizations have failed in the past. Roman empire prospered as it was more advanced than other cultures. B...

     In India they say Cricket is a religion and not just a game. We Indians love this religion. To the extent that we call Sachin Tendulkar as God. Yes being so emotional in nature, we have our own ways to express our love. At times we take it to the extreme level, for instance the temple being built on MS Dhoni . With all due respect to Mahendra Singh Dhoni who has been the one of the great captains Indian Cricket has ever seen, building a temple might be a bit extreme. But don't forget that is what India is all about. Pure passion at play.       When I was young I got this fever called 'cricket' from my uncle who used to be crazy about it. Believe me his craze for the game just rubbed off on all of us. Legends like Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Lala Amarnath, Gundappa Vishwanath were being praised for their cricketing styles. I used to watch the India vs Pakistan matches sitting along side my family. West Indies were being feared a lot in those days for t...