Crony Capitalism and the freedom from society

I came across an old editorial from The Free Press Journal a few days back while I was rummaging in my box o’ vague things. It was a cut out of an article by Dr. Bharat Jhunjhunwala telling us how Crony Capitalism was an impediment for our economy. Dr. Jhunjhunwala’s captain obvious contention was based …

The short attention span and other stories – II

We all do our share of online reading. We all do it far too many times to accept the fact that reading a paperback is running out of fashion. Excuses are many. Some say one can carry so many more books if one’s got an e-reader instead of just one or two in the case …

The short attention span and other stories – I

Yes, so what was I talking about? Well, yeah, that’s the story about us, innit? My previous post, regarding social media, here, was about how social media has its share of bane and boos and its ramifications are all too clear for all of us to see. One of the most irritating ones, in my …

House of Blah

They said that life was mine And that I ought to grab it. They said that it was fair And that I should've known it. They called me names When I toed the line; They thrust their pouts When I crossed their minds. They hollered abuses For I was a goner. I played their games and they …

To log in or not?

I have a Facebook account, a Twitter account, a Rediffmail primary email id (yes, yes. Laugh it out. You will snigger and fall off your chair when I tell you it’s my primary address), a Gmail email id, an MSN username, a yahoo chat id and innumerable email log in ids for various sites and …