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 …

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 …

Dumbing Down a Nation

A couple of days back I was having a conversation with a friend about how certain movie directors, actors, writers and lyricists in the Indian movie industry have taken upon themselves to ruin our great diverse nation. While there are very few directors and creative geniuses who have the brilliance to be the real pioneers …

Life Cycles and Rebirths. Simplified (?)

Life after birth and stuff. Life after death, actually. Aren't them the same thing anyway? The entire cosmic phenomenon revolves around the omnipotent question that has never been answered, satisfactorily at least, even after 1000s of years of questioning and cross questioning. Some times it gives me this morbidly funny image that while scientists the …

Love? Yeah right!

I've noticed a certain trend in my writing lately. A friend pointed it out too. I usually am cynical and aloof. Recently my writing has turned around a little and have started thawing. Or, at least, moving towards the romantic from the dark and dreary. There was never a concious decision for this unforseen shift …

Brain Damage!

The new Cadbury Dairy Milk advert where the girl is practicing how to break the news of her pregnancy to her partner, what does it mean to tell us? I use the ambiguous term "partner" as that's the contention of my essay. Before you read ahead I'll tell you a little bit about me. I'm …

A trip to Gorakhpur

This post has been lying in my drafts since at least four months and pending since the past eight. This is not a travelogue. Or, rather its not just a travelogue. It’s an essay of a place I visited after almost seven long years. So I was looking for an apt time when I could …