Hunger Strike

A lot of media emphasis has been given on the hunger strike by Mr Sonam Wangchuk. As I write this blog it's been 21 days since his hunger strike and this morning he has been moved to a hospital by the Delhi police.

I admire his self less and his determination to go on a 21 days ( and counting) hunger strike over the leak of NEET exam papers and his ( ours) demand for the resignation of the Education Minister.

I saw many vlogs about the hunger strike conducted by Mahatma Gandhi. But this strike can never be compared to the strike by Gandhi, because, when the Mahatma was on a hunger strike the English government came for a negotiation which is missing in today's government.

As per an article new minute on whether the govt can force - feed a hunger striker  "The short answer is that Indian law does not provide a simple yes or no. Courts have consistently recognised hunger strikes as a legitimate form of democratic dissent, while simultaneously holding that the state has a constitutional duty to protect life."

So, what's the final action that lies with the court? Take him into custody like Irom Sharmila or let the hunger striker die like Prof G D Agarwal 

I personally think the best solution is a resigned education minister 

Anomie

Today I watched the movie ' Anomie' in which Bhavana was one of the producers. It was nice to see her in a movie after many years. Although, she had not disappeared from the movie industry, it's been a really long time since we saw an actor.

The movie has a very deep psychiatric path as a whole. On one side there is a full fledged dna and finger prints being used as a forensic scientist and on the other hand there is the usual use of police bangings and sketches. But both lead to the same- the killer. 

It's an interesting watch and I was deeply disheartened by the sheer less number of people in the theatre

outhouse

Today, I happen a see a movie named Outhouse on an OTT platform. I was looking for some time pass movie and nothing great. The movie starred the evergreen Sharmila Tagore and Mohan Agashe. A beautifully written movie about old age people and their way of life. But the best part was- no romance. I would have hated it if there was an romance in the movie. A truly feel good movie

Lokah

I went to theatre on 04.09.2025, the day of uthradam and I was amazed to see the crowd. The theatre was housefull even if the movie has been playing for over 2 weeks. I had gone to watch hridayapooram last week and I felt like Satyan Anthinkad as a director has lost his touch. But movie by Mr Dominic is an awesome thriller. It's a mix of mythology and folklore. Its a movie I wish to watch again and a series I look forward to. I hope the series doesn't get boring like the empuraan series

Empuraan

I watched the movie on 01.04.25 because there was a hue and cry on scenes getting cut or removed to meet everyone's sentiments and also all the people in the WhatsApp group had already watched the movie.

Compared to the 2019 Lucifer, I felt this movie was not upto the mark and it has definitely not lived upto the hype the movie makers created.

The movie has been made in a Hollywood style and the scenes have no interlinked connection. If one scene was short in Yemen then the next was in USA. 

I also left and the next time I wish to go for a movie then I wouldn't look into the social media as I was able to understand the singers artists behind the movie. The things that I had as a surprise was missing here.

I always feel like Mohanlal looks good in the nadan get up and not as a macho guy wearing pants or trousers. 

But the award for best actor goes to Manju Warrier. I had goosebumps when I saw the handcuffs Priyadarshini being led away and the namaste to the people speaks volume of her calibre as an actor.

It's a sad ending to Tovino Thomas as the CM. I wonder what could have happened to a young CM to go ultra bad?

Overall, as I told earlier, it's not as great a movie as Lucifer but I didn't feel a need to get scenes of the Gujarat rape or the NIA because those are inspired from real life incidences

An FY 2025-26

Another FY has started and it's already look ok. Not great not bad just ok. 

On a personal front I was this year to go great. Hopefully it will

February 8, 2025....The day I met a real Prince

On 7th February 2025 I wasn't even sure if I would travel to trivananathapuram because I was suffering from a severe cold for the past couple of days. But I was it to vande Bharat and the next, on 8th February 2025 I first had a drashan of the great Padmanabhaswamy temple which happened in 45 minutes thanx to the direct call of the Prince. Even then we weren't sure if we could meet the Prince but as luck should have it we were able to meet the Prince for a good 30 minutes and I bought the book " The history librated - the Sree Chitra saga". It's a book to cherish forever like the 30 minutes we had with the Prince Shri Avittam Thirunal Aditya Verma