So 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…

Three 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…

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'…

10/04/2020 — 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…

Experiences 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…

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)…

Knowledge 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…

Religion 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. …

Work 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…