AshleshaTrue face of DevotionTrue believers have always baffled me, especially those with unshakable faith. Inspite of all the contrary percepts that their religions…Apr 14, 2017Apr 14, 2017
AshleshaExistential questions of suffering and fateAll of us have questions about good, evil and suffering. We ponder over what is just, right and wrong. We try to make sense of the chaos we…Nov 29, 2016Nov 29, 2016
AshleshaDeplorables and the Death dance of ISISOn the BLUE side of the nation, we are shocked, dismayed and ashamed that the massive 2016 election upset has happened in our great…Nov 22, 2016Nov 22, 2016
AshleshaBlue caught in a web of REDIn the election of 2016, things just careened out of control without any place for logic, facts or basic decency. Lots of people wanted…Nov 22, 2016Nov 22, 2016
AshleshaRed and Blue — How we see each otherLet us take an analogy, to see how our perspectives are distorting the realities of Red and Blue America. In our fictitious story, a person…Nov 22, 2016Nov 22, 2016
AshleshaRed and Blue — Bubbles within bubbles within bubblesWe as modern humans, live in various bubbles within bubbles within bubbles of race, culture, gender, social status, ethics etc. Our social…Nov 22, 2016Nov 22, 2016
AshleshaOf Cats and Human Nature -2016 electionsThe election upset of 2016 reminds me of a cat behavior analogy (please note that I do love cats). Imagine, you corner a cat in a room…Nov 22, 2016Nov 22, 2016
Ashlesha2016 Elections : RED, BLUE and Human natureOur misplaced anger and rageNov 16, 2016Nov 16, 2016
AshleshaRace and Gender in India & HinduismLong before the so called “not so harmonious melting pot” of the US and the mostly “forced, bubbling, angry melting pot” in the rest of the…Oct 24, 2016Oct 24, 2016