Today, I’d like to pay a tribute to the people of Egypt – on both sides of the walls we saw coming up in the preceding weeks. I pay tribute to the men and women who protested peacefully, without violence, yet stood firm behind their convictions. And I pay tribute to the Egyptian Army and … Continue reading
Life is all about choices. And the ones we make, and the ones we don’t define who we are, and define our lives. Choice itself has many interpretations and applications – from basic choices we make in our daily lives, to choice as an expression of free will, and a million things in between. Choice … Continue reading
While you can take this post as support for “free speech” and “protection of our right to privacy on the internet” I am doing neither. I am simply taking forth the point I made in my previous post on careless emailing. The truth is, everything you say or do on the internet is real. While … Continue reading
Interestingly, only today I read a couple of tweets which I wanted to share here on my blog. I actually copy + pasted the tweets into a word document and was planning to talk about them in a post soon. Then amazingly, today I noticed that WordPress announced a couple of days back, new feature that … Continue reading
I woke up this morning to a great piece in Mint by Anil Padmanabhan on the makeover potential of Indo-US ties. He cut through the chaff of mass euphoria and clever-speech-writers-at-work and made some very interesting points about the relationship between the two countries. And like a good host, rather than slam Obama‘s obvious US-interests-first intentions, … Continue reading
I am trying to blog every day. Why? Because writing forces me to think in depth. And I love thinking and writing about things that affect or concern me; about things I love or want; about things that would interest others, add value to their lives, and of course in turn, have them return to … Continue reading
I am not complaining, but yesterday I received 38 SMS on my mobile, 11 wall comments on Facebook, 19 direct messages to my Inbox, 49 email, and 7 e-card greetings – all wishing me a very Happy Diwali. Last month, on my birthday, I received – and again, I am not complaining – over 80 … Continue reading
Last week, in a live show in Delhi, comedian Russel Peters joked about how Bollywood was all about looks and less about acting. He made it a point to speak about the extremely beautiful former Miss World who is all wooden and terrible as an actress. So today when I read the news that Kareena … Continue reading
Last Saturday evening, I spent around four hours with some of the friendliest, most unassuming bunch of people I have met in a long time. Which is surprising, considering I was at the IndiBloggers offline meet in Delhi. And Bloggers, as their reputation suggests, are a volatile and unpredictable bunch of people. “True, Bloggers around … Continue reading
I was most happy to read about news, that the Tatas are considering moving out of Singur in West Bengal, and setting up the Nano plant elsewhere! It is about time the corporate world stops cowering to pressure from mindless mobs led by out-of-portfolio politicians, and stands up to say: “hey! we bring money into … Continue reading
