An Amrikan Chimaera, Author at Jollybengali.net - An Amrikan Chimaera's Journey

May 4, 2015 Of cabbages and kings

Hawkeye is the Best Avenger [SPOILERS!]

[SPOILER ALERT] after the jump! . . . . .

True friendship is sharing chocolate milk

April 30, 2015 Of cabbages and kings

An Ode to Chocolate Milk

Years ago, I interned at a small tech firm in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. When we would go out for lunch, I would invariably

April 28, 2015 Demosthenes

Would MLK be able to help today?

When in doubt, look to Ta-Nehisi Coates to describe the situation in Baltimore so much better than I could: When nonviolence is preached as

April 21, 2015 Locke

Yellow Indians, White Asians, Black Europeans

… And Green Clovers? It’s easy and sometimes even required in politics to categorize peoples into very simplistic groups. Otherwise it would be difficult

April 15, 2015 Demosthenes

Muslim or Black in America

I think, if there’s one thing I will like about President Obama’s term coming to an end, it is that perhaps the extreme right-wing

April 13, 2015 Demosthenes

Hillary Clinton and the Theatre of Stupid

… Or Hillary Clinton for President! Because Rednecks, That’s Why… Yesterday, Hillary Clinton finally officially announced that she’s running for Pres-o-dent of the Amrika.

March 30, 2015 Locke

The Monarchs of the Long Decline

There’s a series of passages in Arthur C. Clarke’s classic sci-fi novel, Rendezvous with Rama where he talks about humanity’s reaction to its first

March 26, 2015 Locke

Follow the Fold and Stray Some More

In high school, one of the musicals we did was the Guys and Dolls. I recently sat down and watched the 1955 movie version

March 23, 2015 Demosthenes

Prophet human

Or… God Uppercase I just started reading Rashed Hasan’s new treatise, Removing the Middleman: Deciphering Faith Without Ritual. The book is intended to be

March 19, 2015 Demosthenes

I’m Glad I Didn’t Get Into An Ivy League School

… Or I Would Choose Pitt over Penn if I Had To Do It Again It’s the silly time of the year known as