A murder mystery in the foreground of the gestalt of market capitalism & growth in India Introduction After having written rather long blogs on Kohhra, Udtaa Panjab, and Dahaad, I was quite worried that one more blog on the intricate web of crime, murder, political vendettas, police organizations, and the subaltern social systems where weary, […]
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Shogun – A Kenshibu between the USD and the URB
A Review from the EUM Lens Introduction The Shogun Series is a beautifully crafted television series and has been hypnotic at several levels. If the strikingly animated series of the Blue Eye Samurai caught your attention or if you were reasonably touched by the Last Samurai (and despite the irritation of watching Tom Cruise playing […]
Gender Dynamics & Bias — Fissures between the Microcosm and the Macrocosm and a EUM Perspective
Preamble I am not a very big fan of the macrocosm and microcosm analogy — a philosophical cum spiritual lens that posits a structural similarity and resonance between the microcosm, i.e., the small order or the small universe and the cosmos as a whole or the macrocosm, i.e., the great order or the great universe. […]
Kohrra – a Netflix Series
Exploring the world of men in love and in hate It was Stephen King that wrote – “the soil of a man’s heart of a man is stonier … (as opposed to the ‘richer garden’ in a woman’s heart). Kohrra as a detective series on Netflix, is an ode to the inner and stonier world […]
The Narrative of Muthulakshmi Reddy by V R Devika
It was K S Narendran who spoke about the book first and i thank him for not just pointing to this gem but also lending it to me to read across a short trip to Ahmedabad. There are times, when one is offered beautiful gifts and Naren, this was a real gem Introduction It is […]
Turn The Bus – A Gig, A Holarchy, or a Holacracy?
This blog explores alternative organization designs such as holarchies and holacracies that promise new types of organizations – that are perhaps more aligned to their contexts, innovative to the boot, and that create value for their stakeholders. My experience with Turn The Bus has offered visceral encounters that enrich my understanding of the theory and […]
The Arena and its Shadowy Warriors: Exploring Self and System dynamics through Macbeth
Introduction By now, many of you may have seen “The Tragedy of Macbeth” by Joel Coen, starring Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand – a brilliant film that does immense justice to one of the best Shakespearian plays ever. This film is aesthetically rendered in black and white noire, situated in haunting and surreal sets (designed […]
Journeying with the Witches: Disrupting the Stasis
The Background The last month of this year has been quite ecstatic for me, for I have had a series of intense encounters with creative women, who seem to be undeniably unleashing magical energies, as each strives to challenge and transform the world. It is extremely difficult to describe let alone work with such energies… […]
Squid Game: 5 compelling reasons to watch it
The Squid Game is a dark complex narrative, at times to too violent and horrifying to watch, but compels the viewer at several levels to remain glued and addicted to how this gory narrative unfolds. While many if not all characters are destined to die, and die horribly, the series has its twists and turns, […]
What may crawl beneath the façade of growth and aspirational purpose?
Introduction The movie, Nightcrawler, was released in 2014, and terrified US and other audiences across the world, revealing how sensational and bigoted journalism thrives on its equally bigoted, racist, classist, and terrified middle class audiences – in many ways the two feed on each other. Nightcrawler pays homage to the middle class audiences, who consume […]
Incorrigibly romantic ... 