Love is like a brick
It was Lady Gaga who famously said: ‘Love is like a brick. You can build a house, or you can sink a dead body.’ I remember having written a poem once that talked about love being like a few bricks thrown up in the air and two of them come down together as an attempt...
Mobile photography is in demand
People with DSLRs dangling from their shoulders will probably stop doing whatever they are doing and sneer, ‘What? Mobile photography in demand? No way!’ Well, let me just say that a good picture doesn’t always have to come tagged with high mega-pixels and full-frames. Good pictures do not always need digital single lens reflexes or...
Yep is the new magic for click addicts
There are some who are click addicts… no, I’m not one of their ilk because I let my fingers do most of the work whenever the laptop is switched on. I write. But as I said, there are some who love clicking. No doubt these click addicts must be finding some vicarious joy in all...
Battle for the remote
‘Lies!’ she shouted, ‘all lies! The dog simply couldn’t have swallowed the remote. Not possible.’ I said, ‘I’m sure he has. Just look at his smug face. He obviously doesn’t like watching the serial that you like. So he’s just gone and swallowed the remote.’ ‘But why in the name of…’ she paused to choose...
Cage opened… will the parrot fly?
No, I’m not Panda from the Biju Janta Dal… and this article isn’t about the SC ruling allowing CBI to go after top bureaucrats without waiting for a nod from the Government. So, obviously, there will be no politics and thus no tummy-aches because of uninterrupted bouts of laughter. I’m going to talk about cricket…...
Kirkit
The place where I grew up was Bundelkhund… and the people of this region are lazy with their pronunciation. So for many years even I played ‘kirkit’, listened to ‘kirkit’ commentary, and didn’t know that there was an insect too that went by the same name. It was when I was well past the junior...
A life that is song-ready
We all love a life full of music and songs… particularly if we are able to listen what we want to at a place of our choice and at a time of our choosing. It isn’t always possible to carry our massive music systems with us everywhere – but we’re lucky to be in an...
My Rule Book
When Arnold Schwarzenegger says that the ‘Government’s first duty and highest obligation is public safety,’ one just nods his head. But despite such strong words and emotions travelling through the centuries, we still find ourselves a trifle insecure and unsafe… despite all the progress in all fronts… despite the umbrella of technology… despite pepper sprays...
I’m alone… and yet I’m not
Some words are unforgettable. I remember having watched a martial arts movie when I was in the Indian Military Academy where the main protagonist says: ‘We’re all basically alone. We have to fight our battles alone and by ourselves. Therefore, prepare well.’ I neither remember the name of the movie nor what happened after nor...
