Tag Archives: violence

Comics and censorship

Posted on June 11, 2010 by vimoh

Yours faithfully got quoted in a DNA After Hrs article on graphic content in graphic novels. Graphic content as in sex and violence of course. Graphic novelist Vijayendra Mohanty of Level 10 comics believes that it’s a wrong notion that … Continue reading →

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Pakistan as an example

Posted on June 2, 2010 by vimoh

The Reuters blog on Pakistan has a pile of links to posts from all over the Pakistani blogosphere mourning the attack on Ahmadi mosque in Lahore. Under the leadership of the late  Zulfikar Ali Bhutto – who wanted to win the … Continue reading →

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Religions are like old photographs

Posted on December 24, 2009 by vimoh

I think religions are like old photographs. Long ago, some lucky folk got a chance to see God (or the universe, or the truth, or whatever) and quickly created an image of him. They used whatever means they had at … Continue reading →

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India remembers 26/11 today. Blogadda.co …

Posted on November 26, 2009 by vimoh

India remembers 26/11 today. Blogadda.com invited a reaction and I sent the following thoughts to them. If they sound unreasonably cheery, it’s because they were meant to be. We need to be able to look back at our tragedies and … Continue reading →

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The wisdom of the snake

Posted on August 17, 2009 by vimoh

Suddhodana, king of the frogs that lived on this side of the well, was backed up against the mossy wall. Kalia the snake, hood raised, stared at him with unblinking eyes. “Leave me alone Kalia,” Suddhodana pleaded. “I am hungry … Continue reading →

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The king’s brave justice

Posted on April 16, 2009 by vimoh

And so the king looked upon all those he had defeated. All of them evil men who had roamed his lands killing and raping his people. The same ones who had brought ruin to his cities and had destroyed the … Continue reading →

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Lessons from Lahore

Posted on March 3, 2009 by vimoh

Hours ago, a bus carrying members of the Sri Lankan cricket team from their hotel to the Gaddafi stadium in Lahore was ambushed by militants. They had AK-47 rifles, grenades and rocket launchers with them. A 25-minute-long encounter ensued. Eight … Continue reading →

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Internet, the law, and Shiv Sena

Posted on February 26, 2009 by vimoh

Ajith D (19), a young blogger from Kerala had started a community against the Shiv Sena on Orkut. The community was critical of what it considered the Sena’s attempts to “divide the country on region and caste basis”. The Shiv … Continue reading →

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A nightmare in Bangalore

Posted on February 20, 2009 by vimoh

Saugata Chatterjee, a Bangalorean, recounts the blood-boiling incidents of a Friday (I am assuming last Friday since he has details that could have only been gathered in the course of several days). Chatterjee and his friends were attacked in the … Continue reading →

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Open letter to the fundamentalist

Posted on September 5, 2008 by vimoh

In my home state of Orissa, in the last few weeks, Christians have been threatened, attacked, raped and murdered by people calling themselves Hindu. I want this to be an open letter to those murderers and criminals. Let me get … Continue reading →

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