Archive for December, 2008



George Orwell’s prophetic novel – 1984

Published on December 22, 2008

The book begins on the premise of constant fear and a nagging desire to rebel against a political system based largely on absolute power, control, and falsehood. The protagonist Winston Smith, is shown to live in the year 1984 where a political party, Ingsoc, lead by a figure called Big Brother, is controlling the lives, actions and even thoughts of the masses. Basic human faculties of free thought, debate, discussion, self-improvement, professional growth, and social upliftment is suppressed through mental conditioning by a political power that demands unconditional “love” and allegiance to Big Brother.

The book, which is a cult-fiction of sorts is not only prophetic but also invokes deep feelings of fear. 1984 is a novel in three parts, and my interpretation of these three parts can be summarized as follows:

Part I: Rebellion in thought against a prevailing system
Part II: Rebellion in action
Part III: Subjugation of the rebellion displaying the vulnerabilities of man in the face of a larger than life system of control and brainwash


Doomsday Conspiracy!

Published on December 1, 2008

I may have read too many thrillers and sci-fi novels but my fears surrounding a “red-herring” attack are not totally dumbfounded. What if the Mumbai attack was a cover-up, a preamble, a diversion of forces and national energies, while at some other edge of this big country, a bigger conspiracy is taking shape? What about the sudden firing across LOC, or the mobilization of forces at the borders, or even the political and diplomatic impact of all that has transpired in the few days?