Bala SunderoshoFreud’s discovery, sexual neurosis, and Luis Bunuel’s cinematic masterpiece Belle de jourIn 1900, the first edition of Sigmund Freud’s “The interpretation of dreams” was published. Freud had sent in his completed draft to the…Sep 15, 2020Sep 15, 2020
Bala SunderoshoPensees — the book of reflections from Blaise PascalOne must know oneself, If that does not help in finding the truth, at least it helps in ordering one’s life. Nothing is more properSep 15, 2020Sep 15, 2020
Bala SunderoshoA classic finish to a historic US openYou must give it to the Americans for running the US open as scheduled. When worldwide, sporting bodies deliberated, and in many cases…Sep 15, 2020Sep 15, 2020
Bala Sunderosho(Remembering Dr.The year — 1952. A touching moment in history, when Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, walked into Joseph Stalin’s spacious and ornately furnished…Sep 4, 2020Sep 4, 2020
Bala SunderoshoThe art of oratory — Michelle Obama’s speech at the democratic national conventionI have not been very keenly following the run-up to the US elections this year, as I did during the 2016 campaign. I do know this is going…Aug 26, 2020Aug 26, 2020
Bala SunderoshoA short note on Ganesha Chaturthi — the symbol and significance of the elephant GodThe story of Ganesha is an incredible myth and a symbol — which only an Indian mind soaked in the waters of mystical insights could have…Aug 26, 2020Aug 26, 2020
Bala SunderoshoThe end of a generation — Pandit Jasraj (1930–2020))Over the last ten years, a generation of great vocalists in Indian classical music has passed away. Bhimsen Joshi in 2011, Balamurali…Aug 18, 2020Aug 18, 2020
Bala SunderoshoOn July 15th, 1957, Frances Allen, a young lady with an MS in mathematics from Columbia University…When she got the job, Frances didn’t quite know what she was being recruited for, but she went ahead and accepted the offer because the…Aug 17, 2020Aug 17, 2020
Bala SunderoshoReflections on Non-fiction and Fiction, and the beauty of Rohinton Mistry’s books)In the early eighties, during a visit to Mumbai, an erudite cousin -a budding journalist at that time, on my insistence took me to the…Aug 10, 2020Aug 10, 2020
Bala SunderoshoRemembering the atomic bombing of Hiroshima — a few reflectionsSeventy-five years ago, on a quiet morning on August 6th, 1945, at exactly 8.15 AM Japan standard time, a blinding flash of light ripped…Aug 9, 2020Aug 9, 2020
