No dynasty law in the jungle
Ranthambhore/ New Delhi A group of senior politicians have returned from their weekend safari in the jungles of Ranthambhore Wildlife Park. Our senior correspondent talked to them and we bring to you an exclusive insight into the mind of our netas. When asked about tigers, Mr M-fenku simply said, ‘There is no dynasty law in...
Rolling in roles
BLOG This word was small, seemingly strong, and had a great new-age rolling effect in my mouth… but its meaning confused me. I asked people around me what a blog really was but all I got was everything between a few stuttered exclamations and deliberately averted eyes. Nobody was sure but a lot of them...
Intellectual seduction needs repeat visits
One glance, one cursory touch, or a few words spoken are never enough to seduce a person for a longer duration. These short-term cerebral interactions can, at best, lead to a temporary phase of infatuation… a long-term relationship results because of intellectual seduction and this takes time. ‘What are you talking about?’ asked Specky, my...
Chit-chat on bloggerinterviews
Rahul Miglani wrote on his website bloggerinterviews.blogspot.in : Frankly I am fan of only a few people, Saru, Animesh and CS from Indiblogger circle and then I am silent fan of few, well one of them is Arvind, well, for this interview I had to wait a lot, I have done around 50 interviews so...
History of a Meet in rhymes
Life is a set of poems that come to us in little connected streams of moments… almost like the concept of ‘connected music’ that HP talked about in this Indiblogger-HP Connected Music Meet that happened in Hilton in Gurgaon. This post is a set of pictures and a set of short poems or rhymes that...
Rules, formulas, and writing well
Everyone dreams of writing well. No wonder then that we see so many books that call you through book store show windows, so many websites that beckon you demurely and sometimes in a crass and gross manner… there are e-mailers wanting you just click and become a writer and then even SMSes aren’t so far...
Who’s afraid of social media?
The other day when I met a friend from my school, all we discussed was how well we were connected and how fast we were able to reach out to our friends when needed. And I am talking of the seventies here. Surprised? Well, you should be, considering the way technology has redefined communication. With...
Tech blogging and the cult of copying!
I was telling a friend about the need to find your own expression when it comes to writing when the discussion took a sudden turn towards a rather unexpected aspect though I wouldn’t call it entirely bizarre. ‘You can be comfortable with only your style of writing,’ I said, ‘and this comes only when you...
Flying high
I am now a Samsung Mobiler. I am a winner. I am euphoric not merely because I have won a Samsung Galaxy Tab 750 or that I will be an official ambassador for the global giant Samsung. This rapture, this feeling of bliss comes to me quite often. Every time an article is completed, a...
On Blogging & Micro-blogging
“Emergence of blogging and micro-blogging as a new-age tool for mass communication.” Investigating the ways in which the creation of news, marketing methodologies for organisations, and public relations have begun to get influenced by the emergence of online technologies like blogging and micro-blogging. MJMC thesis by Arvind Passey Dissertation Project 2009-10 Department of Journalism &...
