The flowchart of excitement
Don’t worry, I am not going to quote any psychologist here in this article telling you that excessive shopping is a result of stress or anger or some sort of a mismanaged life. I also don’t intend to go on and on and on about some remote but existing statistics on a comparison between online...
‘Note this! Note now!’ said Calvin to Hobbes
Calvin is live and kicking within all of us. He isn’t just a seemingly prickly comic-book character fantasizing and creating stories of aliens or wilfully experimenting with smart and rather tricky ideas to keep himself entertained… he is also a loving soul who forever needs to keep talking and debating with Hobbes, his stuffed tiger....
Ravana lost as he never had a Samsung Tab
No, King Dasharatha wasn’t really tech-savvy but he wanted his sons to be well-versed with the tech-arts of the day. He had made sure that they learn all the relevant martial arts, imbibe the pathways prescribed in the religious texts, and be strong in body and mind. He himself was a rather like a proactive...
Yes, it is possible to fall in love with a gadget!
He asked her, “How do I know if I’m in love with you or not?” and without pausing to think, she replied, “If you have to ask me then you’re not.” No, these aren’t lines about to take you on a roller-coaster ride of some romance paperback. These are lines that I asked myself as...
Would you date a yak in skirts?
Yaks don’t wear skirts. Yaks don’t play badminton. Saina Nehwal and Jwala Gutta are not Yaks in skirts. They are lovely girls who play superb badminton and must remain in the news and in the record books because of their game… and not because they were asked to prance around the court in short skirts!...
Knock! Knock! ‘Osama here. Open the door…’
Knock! Knock! ‘Osama here. Open the door…’ ‘What?’ I thought, ‘Osama Bin Laden?’ I was at that moment reading this tweet by @missletsbuild Julia: “Osama bin dead, Obama bin lying! #osamadead.” I must’ve spoken aloud because the voice from the other side of the door had a ring of urgency to it: ‘Come on. I...
Dates can be naughty!
What comes to your mind when you read: ‘dates can be naughty!’? Some more Sunandas and Shashis deciding on yet another clandestine meeting in Kochi? Another Liz hurling herself out of the reach of Shane Warne? Some obscure RJ of BIG FM asking Seema Parihar out for dinner? An innocent glance being dubbed ‘emotional atyachaar’?...
Who bit whom?
When someone announces to a crowd of people to be wary of a snake that may bite, there are a few things that aren’t yet clear… 1. Who or what is cast as a snake? 2. Is the snake a habitual biter? 3. Is the bite going to be dangerous or fatal? 4. Would the...
FB Conversation: Luggage
Saurabh: “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Vipul: “But It is Also True that A Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins With too Much Luggage.” Saurabh: “Yes, & your shoulder should be strong enough to carry this luggage ” Arvind: “Well, I think it is better to leave your luggage...
Be irreverent. Be the best!
I read only yesterday what Robertson Davies, a Canadian novelist and a journalist wrote: “The greatest gift that Oxford gives her sons is, I truly believe, a genial irreverence toward learning, and from that irreverence love may spring.” This is, I said to myself, the secret of success… particularly if one wants to make a...
I know its you, Narad!
Conversations reveal what we really are… and not just the way we want others to think about us. This is as true of face-to-face conversation as it is for those that take place in the virtual world. In fact, I am convinced that online conversations, especially those where comments and observations are left for others...
Ravana on Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin
Metaphorically, there are already a large number of Ravanas on all the social networking sites today. However, I was wondering what will happen if The Ravana of the Dushera fame (for the younger generation who understand only through such puerile linkages) decided to open himself up to the hoi-polloi of the world through Facebook, Twitter,...
