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Unapologetically nostalgic: A day at the cinema
A cinema hall I know there has been another post on the cinema, but really there are so many things to write about the experience of going to cinema that once is just not enough. This post of...
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The empire of the mind
This post is not about the deeper philosophical discourse on the mind and human values. It is an attempt to explore change that may be occurring in the dialogue on relations between India and Pakistan....
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Graffiti affected by inclement weather
My readers would have noticed the enormous gap that is occurring between posts. It is on account of the weather. The high temperatures, dusty conditions have been dampening the zest to post, and I have...
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Unapologetically nostalgic: Ads from the past
I remember an ad for a brand of soap, that was economical enough to be used by the whole family. The soap could be used to wash hands, bathe, etc. The ad emphasized it’s health giving qualities, it’s...
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All those things that make up life
http://mikelynchcartoons.blogspot.in/2010/12/saturday-evening-post-scrapbook-part-17.html Have you ever leaned hard against a rickety table and experienced the same sensation one would get when one...
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Import substitution and foreign investment
India was trying to rapidly develop its economy so that it could bring a large number of people out of poverty. While doing so, it wanted to follow the socialist path, as I have pointed out in other...
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Wrongs of rights
“Get up stand up, stand up for your rights”, readers would remember this reggae number by singer-songwriter, Bob Marley. His songs, replete with political meaning are apt for this season of the general...
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On Graffiti
A word leads to a paragraph, and the paragraph culminates in a post. A moment of distress is experienced between the first and second paragraph, toying with elements in a phrase to shape a sentence...
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Marketing the neta
I could fill these pages with how the US and India are two great democracies. I could go on about what that means to the people of India. But realities are what we are interested in. As Graffiti (Wall...
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Politics, cronyism and the masses
Conventional wisdom says that finite resources and huge population plays havoc. This post postulates that the masses have never had access to the finite resources and those who had were the few who...
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Democracy: For or against!
There was a very interesting debate in BBC (March 15 2014, 14:40 to 15:40) in Intelligence Squared. The motion was “Democracy not always the best form of government”. There was one gentleman who was...
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Cheering, infuriating summer
Mangoes are summer fruits The summer in the north, after a spell of bitter cold brings good cheer, as the sun is warm and the air is pleasant. However, this doesn’t last. The summers come into their...
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Unapologetically nostalgic: Occupations that may not be common now
The Charpoy There used to be a person who would mend string cots. The cots were used as primary furniture to rest in the afternoon, sleep in the night. These were, I believe the furniture used in rural...
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Graffiti: A review
From bulls on the road to academic inertia, from walls across borders to Nixon’s Watergate, Graffiti had its plate full again. Meanwhile, Global notes separated from Graffiti [Wall that knows] to find...
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A brief note on human kind
The scientists have told us that the humans are a unique species on planet earth. They grow food, whereas the animals find food where ever they may be, that is why you find cows placidly congregating...
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The (un)intellectual me!
I belong to the “genre” of the pseudo intellectuals. Although I have a certain stoop and wear glasses – I also have a mane of hair that “true-born” intellectuals should have as part of the uniform, I...
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All is ‘fair’ in democracy!
http://edisoneffect.blogspot.in/2009/10/watergate-cartoons-and-articles-from-my.html I was a teenager when the Watergate scandal broke. Time and Newsweek magazines and Indian newspapers were full of...
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Unapologetically nostalgic
Railways: Of delight and despair A steam locomotive The seemingly interminable journeys that took one down to Kerala, have left an indelible impression on me. Those days the journey began in earnest...
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Farewell 2013
Arvind Kejriwal and friends (Photo credit: vm2827) A tumultuous year passes by, there is change in the air. The old order in politics has given way to the new. A new party, the Aam Admi Party (AAP),...
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In the arena
Sir Humphrey Appleby (Photo credit: Wikipedia) We as a people cast our vote with the belief that we would be ushering in change. Of course we also need to believe in the system. This latter belief...
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