Blobs on my Blog 009 – An enigma called Modi
Mr Blob, as was his usual self, was quite upbeat about Modi. He called him a modernistic messiah and someone who wasn’t shy of technology and wasn’t averse to opening up India to the rest of the world. Ms Blob, however, wasn’t as upbeat as him. She was convinced that Modi was autocratic and...
Blobs on my Blog 008 – The insanity of vanity
The newspaper went on and on about ‘Vanity’ structures and how architects were obsessed with designing taller skyscrapers where almost a third of the top floors remained uninhabitable! ‘This is so unkind to resources,’ said Ms Blob. But then that very day she bought for herself a pair of ‘platforms’… a form of footwear...
Blobs on my Blog 007 – Always connected
Being connected isn’t so difficult now. The Blobs agree. ‘Go back to 1994, and you were sending me FAXes everyday when I was in the U of Y,’ reminded Ms Blob. Mr Blob nodded in agreement and remembered why the local phone-booth wala was happy with him. ‘He saw in me a guy who...
Blobs on my Blog 006 – Let’s stop waiting for a change
‘Change happens only when we want it to happen,’ said Mister Blob as he stood in front of his easel, drawing the PM. Ms Blob just said, ‘I can see that. You are bent upon creating a PM louder than he usually is.’ She then went on, ‘But if changing a pugri can change...
Blobs on my blog 001 – The toons who love to talk
Isn’t it funny to find that toons do most of the talking in most countries while the rest of the population sits silently, suffering the ignominies of the rulers? Yes, some do wake up, get up and begin some action plan… but what can just a handful of activated souls do to the massive...
