Recently a good friend of mine declared, with a touch of megalomania, that he is God, after scoring a hat-trick in a cricket game on PlayStation. Although I initially thought he might suffer from slightly too much aplomb, I actually realized, he might not be exaggerating. Link to the article
* The Bible, Quran, Vedas, and all the other holy books are enshrined by many of us in the innermost part of our heart and beliefs. There are those who would even kill ‘heathens’, if they dare to blaspheme their divine scriptures. But why would you kill for “the word of God”, when these words never…
It’s a veritable minefield out there. There are sexiness-loaded babes, mobs of ex-boyfriends, enforcer-style rituals and sharks… everything you’d expect from a quest fit for an agent. Here’s your fail-proof, safe-house-friendly guide to getting your hands dirty, and then getting down. Whether you’re single, stupid or single all over again, this is all the ammunition…
Herta Müller, the Nobel Laureate in Literature of 2009, is not only writing gripping and poetic prose, but her life itself sounds like a post-war novel. Maybe that is why she is not solely writing for a living, but truly lived what she writes.
A martyr who dies for his fellows, a mother who does everything for her newborn child, and all the Gandhis and Mother Teresas on this planet have one thing in common: supposedly, they act selflessly. The only problem is: selflessness does not exist.
The exhibition, “The lost I” (Das unrettbare Ich), will display Egon Schiele`s paintings in Munich’s Kunstbau until the 04th of March 2012.
