Roshan Radhakrishnan's Blog, page 24

When Celebrities Came Together to wish a Bullied Child #WATWB

It began with a heartbreaking series of tweets by Christopher, a father to a young boy.

"Strange request. Anyone know anyone famous/well known who could send Ollie a positive/9th birthday message. The bully keeps saying to him that everything O has, he has bigger/better/more often. O excited for his birthday but keeps being told it won't be as good as his own.
I would be so grateful and I appreciate it is an odd request. Just would love someone to tell him he does mean something & bullying...

Ocasio-Cortez' win is the victory a disillusioned world needed #WriteBravely

Last year, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was making cocktails behind the counter of the Flats Fix tacos and tequila bar. The college educational director was forced to take up this second job after the recession hit her family badly and they faced foreclosure. After her father had passed away, she and her Puerto Rican mother (who cleaned houses and drove buses) were struggling to make ends meet.

She was the poster girl for the struggling middle class American. In 2017, disillusioned by what the Dem...

The heart-warming story behind the TV show 'Speechless' #WriteBravely

Would you watch a comedy that revolves around a disabled character?

I can see you frown already. Yes, the thought gave me certain misgivings too when I first heard of it simply because there is so much potential for things to go wrong in portraying disabled characters on the screen even under normal circumstances without adding the tag of a comedy sitcom to it.

And yet, ABC's show Speechless does not just work but pulls it off so brilliantly that I found it to be one of the best sitcoms in year...

10 people who failed in life... before becoming Legends #WriteBravely

They told him he lacked imagination and had no good ideas when he was a young man working at a newspaper. Walt Disney went on to redefine the animation and movie industry in America with his ideas.

They told her she was too emotionally invested while firing her from he first job as a television anchor. Oprah Winfrey stayed emotionally invested with her guests and went on the become the first African American billionaire woman thanks to her own talk show.

She failed in her early dreams - to make...

In My Defense #WriteBravely

The young girl stared at the hung rows of clothes - reds and browns, stripes and plains - criss-crossing across windows above the lanes.
"How many lived here?" she asked.
"There used to be 720 in this road alone last year. Men, women, boys and even young girls like you."
"And now?"
He was silent for a long moment. When he spoke, her five year old ears could hear the barely concealed anger.
"None. As it is across this entire land. And all the other lands around."

The girl tried to hold his hand to c...

Have you tried out Blue tea? yes, Blue tea! #WriteBravely

You’d never believe me if I told you that I drank an electric blue tea but it’s true and I can prove it.
Imagine this. It is a normal enough scenario. You visit a friend's house and find yourself unfailingly facing the question. You know the one."Would you like some tea or coffee?"You smile and say tea, then head back to your conversations with the other members of the family. After a few minutes, you hear the clinking of glasses announcing the tea has arrived and turned to grab your cup....

My Journey to #EnsureAStronger2018

The life of an anaesthesiologist is not as easy as it may seem, especially when confronted with 24 hour duties and surgeries of all kinds popping up unexpectedly, at any hour of the day. No matter how many years you spend in the medical field, it never gets easier. On the contrary, as one gets older, it gets harder to be at your best as the emergency calls come in.


At the start of this year, I had blogged about how I had added Ensure to my health regimen as part of my New Year resolution to im...

My Reading Preferences #SlimTurns3

As the blog Slim Expectations turns 3, they have celebrated with a blogging contest filled with a whole lot of prompts (including themes and pictures) to choose from and write about. And yes, nestled in that list is a picture of a person reading a book.



Now, I realize that my hair is not long and blonde like in the picture but I figure it is a good enough segue for me to try out this 'readers tag' I came across awhile ago. So here it is, a chance to know a little more about me and my reading h...

Why You Need to watch Childish Gambino's 'This is America' twice

The first time I watched Childish Gambino's "This is America", I honestly did not get what all the hype was about. The song seemed good (not great) and the video seemed average, shot on a low budget in some empty car park - warehouse place with some weird, almost choreatic dance steps and even some violence at times.

I did not get it. Then I read up about the song. And I watched the video again. And I got it.

I got why this video has 248 million views in just one month and why it is being hail...

35 Easter Eggs You Probably did not Notice in Avengers: Infinity War

It is time.
It is now officially one month since Avengers: Infinity War released globally and with the movie grossing over 1.8 billion dollars internationally at the end of one month, surely everyone on this planet and that one guy in Vormir has seen it at least once. 
If you're a fan of the franchise, you would have felt the emotional upheavals that this movie brings while also acknowledging just how well the directors did to bring so many diverse franchises together and give us such a co...