Indian Idol Season 13. I am not a fan of reality shows, but somehow have taken a liking to this. No, not to the scripted drama that irritates in between, but to the performances. Its heartwarming to see so much talent on one stage, helping us rediscover or most loved songs, to enjoy live performances …
Things get lazier as the year inches towards the 31st. Calls get postponed, people go on vacation and the holiday mood sets in. For some people, it’s business as usual though. In fact, more business than usual. Hotels, shopping malls, food outlets, consultancies:) I usually try to end the year on a high, creating multiple …
Saturday early mornings are usually spent at Hariprasad, a Kannadiga food joint nearby. As I got down from my car, I saw a man rushing towards a mini-bus, presumably on his way to work. At 7 am on a Saturday. All this while I was complaining to myself on the way about how work had …
Today we had the year end team meeting. Reminiscing on the year gone by, and plans for the year ahead. Not just me, but all the members of our team spoke about their 2022 and their plans for 2023. Many of them had a fresh lease of career life when they joined us this year, …
Nostalgia is an odd feeling. One is nostalgic at all points in life – it’s almost as if the times that we passed by were always better than the times that we are in at present. This image below was widely circulated last week – I too got nostalgic, like most others. It was a …
I know it’s a bit late in the day, but I ain’t a football fan, so its ok. The match was available for free on You Tube so I did tune in, and got bored seeing the French not reaching anywhere close to their target (and not even trying) and so turned it off around …
And so the COVID looms over us again. A sudden peak in China, and a few other countries registering significant numbers, all of a sudden, we fear going back to square 1, I mean 2020. Even after nearly three years, the nightmare still haunts us. In some ways, I feel it has also morphed into …
Now that Wren and Martin is history, and Grammarly is in, we have slowly but surely, lost our touch with English Grammar. When you depend on software for everything, you stop thinking and just click the autocorrect isn’t it? Well, there is no Grammarly for spoken English (yet), so here are some tips and some …
This is an extract from the Vetāla series. I enjoyed compiling this and of course, reading the series again, this time the full version. You can read the whole series here. For now, a part of a story:) King Candrāvaloka beheld the boy who stood before him, his courageous demeanor, and the tej (glow) on …
A cursory glance at Twitter trends throws light on the condition of social media today. Over 90% of those trends are bot-driven, an in-your-face attempt at steering public conversation, or at least appearing to – in a direction that they want to take it towards. And we as hungry observers scroll our time away, every …
