Ideology through Society, Culture, Family and Sports

Death is never nice and is always painful for the near and dear. It's more chastening to see it happening on a sporting field. Last week, we saw Phil Hughes breathe his last, losing a battle with a head injury sustained through a powerful blow on his head while batting. The more I see and hear about the tragedy, the heavier my heart gets. Phil Hughes was always touted as an exciting talent and someone who never quelled under a challenge. He made his mark around five years ago in Australia's first class season. The Australian selectors rarely have the habit of choosing raw talent for the big stage, in fear of early exhaustion. Hughes was an exception due to the enormous amount of runs he scored so regularly. He was fast tracked into the first team for one of the most daunting tours you can imagine - to South Africa against the likes of Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel. The talented southpaw did prove his mettle by notching up twin centuries in only his second test match (th...

A few weeks ago, I read an article about some of the most dangerous places in this world. It was terrifying and sent shivers down my spine. I found that all the cities and countries mentioned had one thing in common. They are unsafe to the general public as a whole without any discrimination based on the gender. If women safety, or the lack of it alone is considered to be a criteria, I presumed India will occupy a top 5 spot. I was right but wasn't too proud that I was. I maybe less informed about many other cruel incidents world over, but what has happened to women in recent times in this country, Bangalore in particular, are terribly disgusting. For all the accolades we offer ourselves as being proud Indians, I personally don’t think we deserve anything of that. The laws we have framed are uselessly compassionate towards the offender, while showing little of that towards the victim. If a six year old kid cannot be protected from being assaulted, there is something...

Almost exactly at the middle of Karnataka lies a beautiful place called Ranebennur . The main source of income for the residents is agriculture, promptly supported by the free flowing Tungabhadra . A deviation from the highway takes us to an equally exotic venue named as Kadaramandalagi. BELAKU - a social service association in Bangalore, is actively involved in offering support to the Spandana school that exists in this location. Among a few other initiatives that they are part of, supporting kinds belonging to this school takes huge prominence. (More on it here - https://www.facebook.com/BelakuGroup ) We have been regular visitors to this school for over three years now, many times for their Annual day functions in the month of February. I look forward to these trips with fond eagerness. I don’t take too long to get along with children because 1) they are lively, energetic and can truthfully smile 2) they don’t really care how stupid you are, as long as you entertain them...