Category: Musing

  • Dumbing down the conversation

    Dumbing down the conversation

    As expected, justifications and rationale for Modi’s appeal – to switch off the lights at 9 PM and holding on candles/flashlights for 9min…………are swamping up the social media space. Positively looking at his appeal, it is supposed to be an act of solidarity and sceptically it could be another PR stunt. But the rationale of attributing to…

  • Other Falls that matter

    Other Falls that matter

    A few days back, the video of Narendra Modi slipping on Ganga Ghat went viral. It did not take much longer for people to react, share and come up with a host of memes relating to his slipping. He obviously missed a slip and yeah was amusing to see him slip and fall. Such things…

  • A tribute

    A tribute

    With all the vilification that happens about you and the misinformation which is spread, it is tough for anyone to forget you. But we do need to make an effort to try to remember you for the right reasons. For the visionary that you were, to take a nation burdened by the past and weakened by colonial…

  • The relative comfort

    The relative comfort

    It has been a long time, a couple of years to be precise. The reminder on FB of a post from last year brought the memory back. It was late in the evening and I was waiting at a bus stand. If my memory serves me right, It was raining as well. After a long…

  • Stuck being a Draft

    Stuck being a Draft

    “You need to click on the send button. Unless you want it to remain as a draft, with the content known only to you.” I in jest remarked at a colleague who was contemplating for quite a good time after drafting an email. As I looked back at my screen, my eyes fell on the…