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Curse of the Third season
I recently finished the latest seasons of two popular Indian web series, both third seasons respectively, both having had well received first seasons. The series are Delhi Crime, and The Family Man. And what can I say about my deep disappointment with both. And then it struck me, this is not the first time a ‘Third season’ has let me down. I’ve been here before. Mirzapur, The Inside Edge, and…
Be the citizen worth fighting for
Today’s flavour of woke liberal messaging, writing poems about the suffering of soldiers and their families. Trying to paint a picture, as if in India only poor people go for forces because they have no other options, and are now forced into conflicts at the whims of elites.People living in their bubbles, who actually never had any first hand knowledge of the real scenario, only they can form…
The Patriot-Nationalist spectrum; an Indian's perspective.
A very common theme I find in some people’s self declaration is that they are Patriotic, but not Nationalists. A head-scratcher for many, is there really a difference? Aren’t they just synonyms?In the basic sense, yes they are. Most middle school teachers won’t cut your marks for using one instead of the other in the essay. But where they differ is the degree, or intensity, or even some…
When intellectual cowardice becomes intellectual dishonesty
Every time in moments of crisis, you see people with muddled views, cognitive dissonance, and sometimes outright rejection of reality. They visibly lack the courage to state the obvious, and would frame statements that beat around the bush. They are too scared to offend, too unoriginal in speech, their words sound hollow, and their intentions feel disingenuous.And I’m not including ideologically…
Exuberance of youth and Risk taking appetite
Sputnik moment, they say in the field of AI, when DeepSeek R1 was revealed to the world. It has sent American incumbents into tailspin, and even ruffled the lazy feathers of the rest of the world, including India, which was so far comfortable letting the ‘big boys of silicon valley’ do the heavy lifting. Then there’s another angle to it, the age factor which has caught attention. The founder…
The Archetype of Exiled Prince
When JRR Tolkien went about writing Lord of The Rings, he just didn’t set out to write an engaging fiction, he set out to write a Mythology for Britain. He noticed that in myriad of great literature Britain had produced, it lacked a definitive cultural epic.So in writing Lord of The Rings, he took to building a world so deep, it’ll become a standard in world building. But his stories were mostly…
I fix Brahmastra: Part One
Spoilers ahead:There’s no doubt Brahmastra has been one of the most awaited hindi movies in a long time. Promising to kick start a franchise
I fix Brahmastra: Part One
Spoilers ahead:There’s no doubt Brahmastra has been one of the most awaited hindi movies in a long time. Promising to kick start a franchise in line with famous ones in Hollywood, I was one of the hopefuls as well. But when the marketing dropped, my hopes started dropping too. Too much songs with newly married leads, too little world-building. Early reviews were indicative of the same, I still…
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Memory is a weird thing
It’s weird how there are some things you don’t want to be reminded of, but don’t want to forget either. The emotions they bring, are the emotions you miss, but it’s the feeling of missing them which puts you in a spot. Just got a call from JustDial. They keep calling from time to time, to keep their database of professionals updated, in this case of my mother. But one thing they’ve failed to…
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Future of aviation training in India: The role IGRUA must play
Future of aviation training in India: The role IGRUA must play
India is poised to be the third largest aviation market in coming decade. Even with disruption like covid pandemic, strength of our domestic demand kept most airlines afloat. By all estimates, the market is going to grow positively from this point, very likely exponentially. This growth will fuel a demand for trained professionals. The critical need will be for the jobs which require specialised…
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The truth about telling the truth
More often than not, we hear that truth is bitter. But, is it? Truth many times are straight facts, devoid of any inherent feeling. So it’s not that the truth is bitter, but your emotional reaction to it. If something doesn’t conform with your point of view, it’s going to feel bitter.But if bitterness of some fact depends on listener’s perspective, what about the speaker? Are those speakers…
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Imagine this, Rey is the tough sith lord, leading the first order as the heiress to the emperor. She destroys Jedi temple in a surprise attack, killing most. Luke disappears to find answers to why Sith keep coming back stronger. While Kylo, who’s conflicted because of lineage shared with Darth Vader, disillusioned because of his mentor missing, and unsure in his capabilities as he failed to save his Jedi brothers, reluctantly leads an under-prepared resistance as auxiliary forces of the weak new republic.
He falls to the Dark Side, betrays his father at the end of episode 7 and joins Rey. Then Rey leaves him as a second in command and goes to track down Luke. Kylo leads the first order into an open conflict with republic, and decimates them, further enforcing his belief in Dark side. While Rey finds Luke, who’s on a journey to learn the secrets of force, discovering that Jedi and Sith are two faces of same coin. Rey has little change of heart herself on this journey. She doesn’t eliminate Luke and both return to their sides. Towards the end of episode 8, Kylo has inner conflicts while facing his mother, but returning Luke enrages him and he goes all out against the resistance, while Rey finds herself sidelined in the first order.
Episode 9 could then be a redemption arc for the characters, where they find balance in some manners. Luke and Leia could sacrifice themselves in some way. Rey could have a complete change of heart, turning from a sith to Jedi, abandoning the palpatine name and taking Skywalker name, finding that she was probably relating more with Vader rather than the emperor. Ren could survive to continue Luke’s work.
A day in summer continued
Only social connect he had was his ‘friends’ on the island. For him, they were new faces everyday, for them, he was an old friend. Though even they didn’t know much about his past, apparently he is very private and secretive person. He wasn’t trying to be so today. Some days, an odd friend would comment something about a girlfriend from past, on other days, the ‘other’ friends won’t have a clue.…
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