Daily Archives: July 30, 2016

COCONUT MOVIE

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A: Daddy, I want to watch the coconut movie.

D: The coconut movie? ( Then it clicked.) You mean “Anuraga karikkin vellam ?”

A: Yes! That’s it. Mommy, we will watch “Anuradha karikkin vellam”

M: It’s not “Anuradha”, it’s “Anuraga, /g/,/g/.”

A: What is Anuraga ?

M: (God!) It means “Love.”

A: What is “ karikkin vellam” ?

M: “Karikku” is tender coconut. So it’s tender coconut water.

A: “Anuraga karikkin vellam ….Um..”. So that means “I love tender coconut water”. Good. I’m sure I will love this coconut story.

M: (BLING!!!)

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THE BOOK OF WOMEN -OSHO

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“Osho”- the name sounds quite familiar as well as mysterious. So, when I came across “The Book of Women” by Osho, I decided to give it a try. At first I was exalted. Here is someone who understands and respects women. Is it? Repetitions and self-contradictory ideas made me skeptic. “The pill” certainly has its benefits. It frees you from being a reproducing machine. What about its side effects? He seems to place woman on a pedestal because only she can give birth. Motherhood is sanctified, but then it is advised to rear children in the commune. What about a father? True, he cannot become pregnant. But isn’t he a parent? Doesn’t a child need the security and intimacy of its parents? I agree with him when he says, women have been oppressed for a long time. It is as if she has been raised to become a humble servant. Sacrifice should be her way of life. All for what? Still I cannot condone polygamy.
How to be absolutely free? The answer eludes. I have to continue the search. Don’t expect to get it from Osho.

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