Never had I seen heads being chopped off their bodies than recently. My soul was shaken; my breath was taken; my heart was frozen; my faith was broken–as I witnessed the murder of innocent animals in a North Eastern temple recently. Recently I happened to go to the Kamakhya temple, a well-known Hindu shrine located…
Writer as I am, I’ve taken a hiatus to ponder on a few things. I’m thinking of my past and present. An analogy that I draw tells me of a difference which the advent of time has brought into my life. Earlier images that I was used to see around my table and in my…
You’re not the only fellow in the writing world. Like it or not. It’s a bare fact. The world is full of writers, much better than you and I. There is a whole lot of competition—in the print or online space—to attract readers. So I don’t mind shooting the 3ree most important questions at you—writers.…
Tradition must continue—of writing and reading thereof. While it is understood that the debate will be around on the mode–print or digital, it must not affect the age-old tradition. Let’s not even decide whether or not it is in the larger interest. It should, however, be left to the discretion of the reader as to…
In continuation of the last post “Why shouldn’t a cop write a poem?”, I’m happy to put in some interesting insights from LinkedIn group friends. It’s not something new that a cop has spoken against the system which she has to protect against the internal attacks. There are examples spread across the literary history. My…
My recent encounter with an article in a newspaper recently made me think about the prospects of print media in the near future. The article, however expressed hope and predicted 17% growth in print media in India in the coming years. But the questions are still in the air on the future of this globally…
This stems from a meeting in the office today which had a lot of discussion around Hurricane Sandy that pounded the US cities like New York, New Jersey and others. A lot has gone worse with the business due to the hurricane there. So it is obvious for us to ponder and do something around…
Today, it was an important day as the workshop on the changing landscape for journalists took place in the office. The workshop, that was much more than the vanilla talk, focused on how journalists can ready themselves for the new age challenges posed by the online world–a world where the information spreads in seconds like…
It was dark at 4:30 a m in the morning on 10 October, 2011, when I arrived back in Delhi after a weeklong visit to my hometown in the hills. I’d a heavy baggage to lug around. So my first job was to search for an auto-rickshaw which could drive me home at Palam Village–almost on…
Anna Hazare has captured the imagination of the nation. Contrary views flow everyday from politicians, social activists and so called self-proclaimed social commentators. To regard Anna Hazare’s fast-on-to-death as a mere blackmail campaign against the government may or may not sound correct. If the man who seems to have irked by the continuous fallout of…
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