Reaching There

Free-dom [ free -d uh m ] noun the state of being free, rather than in confinement or under physical restraint. the power to determine action without restraint personal liberty , as opposed to bondage or slavery. The attempt to "define" this word would be a futile attempt to confine the vastness of emotions associated with it. Thinkers, aristocrats, philosophers, artists, political leaders, governments and ordinary people throughout the history of humankind have defined freedom in ways convenient to the time. Golshifteh Farahani Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani (Body of Lies fame) was banished from her home country of Iran - because she posed nude for a French news magazine, Le Figaro . According to the 28-year-old actress the aim of the photo is a symbolic gesture to remove the common taboos associated with nudity in society. You can read more about this at ' Iran's "nude revolutionary" Farahani says image is symbolic '. This...

I recently watched a movie called Mr. Nobody . It is a movie by a Belgian director but most of the cast comprises of Hollywood actors. It is one of those movies that breeze past you and towards the end you realize you aren't sure about the plot. Although the feeling is to let go a second watch but the mind is still stuck with the 'I have to understand it' feeling. So I ended up watching it again but ended up with a lot more questions than answers. However that is what life is sometimes all about; the amount of unknown far outweighs the known. However this post is not about the movie, it is just inspired from a small scene from the movie or rather the scene which symbolised something far greater.  The scene filled just a few frames in the mile long reel of the movie but it symbolised the dilemma of the main character, Mr. Nobody. Before this scene the mother of the main character had decided to separate from her husband. She is at a station waiting for her train a...