Published inAge of Awareness·Mar 29, 2022Veeran: the perseverant student and an inspirational educatorA journey through the life of an educator and his grandchild — A child was born eight decades ago in a backward society in the Mappila caste of the erstwhile Malabar region of Kerala, India. His mother died when he was a child, and his father remarried. After his primary education, he traveled 15 miles on land and water to reach his…Education7 min readEducation7 min read
Published inThe Collector·Jan 3, 2022‘Are religions responsible for our morality?’: Through the Islamic exampleSo rationalists are immoral they say — After I became an irreligious rationalist from an Islamic conservative, one of the most repeated statements about me in my Islamic society are, 'Now that he has no God and religion, he can indulge in whatever nefarious acts he wants.’ ‘It is better that you don't have children because your…Religion10 min readReligion10 min read
Nov 30, 2021An Analysis of Superhero Movie Worldview: The Marvel EditionThree movies, the director's genius, and the messages within — In superhero comic book history, there were always two dominant names. They were the DC and Marvel. Both of them did pretty well, and later came the age of film adaptations of comic book heroes. After the success of some spiderman movies and the flops of many batman movies (except…Movies8 min readMovies8 min read
Nov 15, 20219': What does it mean?Science-fiction or psychological thriller or both? — The author writes down a film or piece of any art, such as poems, and their interpretation belongs to the author and the audience. After it gets watched or read, their understanding belongs to the individual filmgoer or reader also. This aspect is something all of us should remember. '9'…Movies6 min readMovies6 min read
Nov 12, 2021In a Lockdown: Kasaragod Diaries10/04/2020 — The 17th day of the lockdown in the world’s largest democracy was hot. I saw an article about Boris Johnson getting recovered from COVID-19 in The Hindu daily. Yesterday, I called my grandmother. She is a sexagenarian who is against smartphones. When asked why she wouldn’t change her old Nokia…Life4 min readLife4 min read
Published inThe Collector·Oct 5, 2021Supremacism in Islam and Others: The Explicit Secret of the CultExperiences from the Middle East — Arabic is the language of the Quran. According to Arabs, God revealed Quran to Muhammed, a man from the Querishi Tribe of the Arabs. Prophet Muhammed, the centerpiece of Islam, was born and brought up in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. He died in Medina, Saudi Arabia. The pilgrimage of Muslims from…Religion12 min readReligion12 min read
Published inThe Collector·Sep 26, 2021The God in Islam and Other Religions: The Curious Case of ‘Omni’Theism, Gnosticism, and atheism — From the days that I could remember, my religiously conditioned mind used to pray: ‘Oh, Allah! make me, my parents, and my family enter in heaven….’ At teenage, I realized that this heaven is only for some of ‘Us’ and most ‘Others’ are cursed and doomed for hell. God (Allah)…Religion11 min readReligion11 min read
Published inThe Collector·Sep 14, 2021Islam and Its Conditioning: Breaking Out of The Bigoted MindsetKnowledge and the spark to find the truth — In 2017, I married the girl that I loved for 3 and a half years. Born and brought up in an Islamically conservative society and a fundamentalist family, I had to deal with criticisms and barriers to make my love marriage possible. You might wonder why is it so? Arranged…Religion11 min readReligion11 min read
Published inThe Collector·Aug 14, 2021Right to Privacy and The Hypocrisy of Islamic OrthodoxyReligion has no right to intrude into your personal space! — In 2017, The Supreme Court of India underscored the right to privacy as a Fundamental Right. It unanimously upheld the fundamental right’s authority when India's Ultra-right Fascist ruling regime argued that it is not. …Mwc Space7 min readMwc Space7 min read
Published inAge of Awareness·Aug 6, 2021A Dream Job and A Nutcase BossWork first, everything next. — All through my life, I have been driven by this quote by James Nesbitt. My family has complained that I do not call them, and I am a distant child. The influence of this quote has played a part in this predicament of mine. The problem is when the majority…Mwc Work3 min readMwc Work3 min read