NovelRace 11: The Long, Dark Teatime Of The Writing Soul
My last NovelRace update was ages ago. I can’t quite explain why there hasn’t been one in all this while. Have I not been learning? Far from it.
Quoted by Mid-Day: Wagging Tongues Is A Good Thing
Sowmya Rajaram ran a story in Mid-Day (dated 8 May 2010) on the phenomenon of Vogging or Voice Blogging, quoting Janaki Ghatpande and me. The story is titled ‘Wagging Tongues Is A Good Thing’ I think it’s an interesting concept and not a surprising one. After text and pictures and…
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The SmartyPants Fetish
I have a new crush. This is Sheldon Cooper of The Big Bang Theory. It doesn’t feel either new or unusual to me.
The Intrusive Internet
The internet is so intrusive. I promise you, I’m not going to preach. All I’m going to do, is tell you three stories, all of them based on fact.
The Green Mile Was Not An Illusion
Seventeen was a year of much learning, all of it outside the classroom. The college library was a gruesome place, with the boys being seated on the ground floor and the girls banished to the mezzanine floor overhead. Itwas like being on a rather volatile Venus that would suddenly be…
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Crashing Point
I couldn’t sleep. I knew I had to. I stared in the direction of the wall in trepedition. I knew the clock’s hands were inching towards the crashing point. Perhaps they had already passed. I was too scared to switch on the light and check. If they had passed the…
Fight Club-Chuck Palahniuk: Cult Fiction
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk The movie was gripping. If you’ve seen it, imagine slowing down each scene and focusing on each particle of the frame, one at a time. Shine a halogen lamp into the dark corners, examine each drop of blood under a microscope, turn over every particle…
If Work Is God, Who Are Your Colleagues?
I once wrote a secret blog titled ‘Office Capers’. I thought about the people I called colleagues. Is work really something you can detach from you?
Body Language
A French colleague remarked that there were a lot of gay men in India. It gave me insight into how language varies across geography, even body language.
The Girl At The Bus-Stop
I particularly remember the details of a particular journey. It stands out in the multitude of other daily routes and frequent destinations that would checker the rest of my working life. I used to take an AC bus to work each morning where I was spared of the usual Mumbai…