Long hair, LSD, psychedelic rock, sexual liberation, anti-establishment are some of the symbols which i used to identify with the hippie culture until i read the experience of Fritjof Capra. His take is that it was a major youth movement which challenged conventional wisdom, held non-violent protests against political policies and promoted a new wave of art, culture, thinking - majorly influenced by eastern philosophy. Across university campuses, coffees shops the youth of the world in the 1960's started of the hippie revolution.

If it was in the US that 1960 movement started, in 1900's Germany saw a similar youth movement. Will the eastern philosophy inspire the Indian subcontinent also?

I think the next couple of years will see another possible hippie movement, probably e-hippies (eppies)who will create a new sound of music, art, politics and thinking and the it will move away from the coffees shops to Internet and blogs.

I can see the signals - as i am blogging i see my twin boys taking off their shirt and jumping around our apartment to the tune of Rahman's Masakali, deliriously happy and i realise they could be the one of the eppies.