It’s not just about coffee

There is something about writing (typing?) a post sitting in a coffee shop (this post is not being done in a coffee shop though). Sure I got a coffee cup on my left while I type. But it is just not the same. Some of my best stuff (even if I say so myself) has [...]

A wonderful ‘Civilization’ called India

Been a while I have posted anything. Lack of time is the excuse I would peddle but the truth is the writer’s block But a few things happening around me and I felt that I think I should express my views. And it so happens that tomorrow is 26th January so makes this post rather [...]

Inventors vs Innovators vs Consumers – Why India can never be an economic super power

Might be a controversial post but it is the truth. We have the population… so does China… lot more than us actually… But numbers do not convert into turning the nation into super power. I have started reading “The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires” by Tim Wu (part of must read [...]

Is the tide turning?

I don’t know how many of you have read about the Occupy Wall Street campaign that has been going on in US. Or for that matter even know about it… But it is happening… And what makes it very surprising is that it is happening in one of the so-called free economies of the world [...]

The Times of India sucks

    So this was the big bold headline in The Times of India today (check the picture). About Invisible India. I didn’t bother reading the article. It would obviously would be about the Social Impact Awards that Times had been going to town with for past few days. But the reason I clicked the [...]

Cobwebs of the mind

Do we really ever clean them? There are racks and cupboards in our mind where we store our experiences, learnings and everything else that we come across – images, stories, music… Over  time old memories get pushed back… pushed deeper into various crevices of the mind… finding spaces and they get old, dusty and cobwebs [...]

Technology and Cloud Computing made easy for the dumb!!

      I am not going to say much. All you need to do is to check out the link. Makes me wonder about the bureaucrats running this country. Ok so this guy has retired now but still! No wonder we can do anything about fighting terrorism with technology! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApQlMm39xr0               [...]

Business of terror

So it is the 10th year since 9/11 and supposedly the world has changed since then. The US has ensured that no terror attack has happened since then on American soil. After the blasts in UK, they have also tightened up things. But out here in India… it is business as usual… blasts happen… people [...]

The Circus is Over…

Quite a few of my blog readers had asked me as to how come I was not writing about  Lokpal controversy and the fast by Anna Hazare. My answer to that was – It’s a waste of time… there is nothing to write about. So why am I writing now? Because  circus is over. A [...]

Mumbai Blasts – Wag the Dog

First up, my condolences to the families of all those who were murdered last night in Mumbai. Next a one line synopsis from IMDb of the movie Wag the Dog – “Before elections, a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer join efforts to “fabricate” a war in order to cover-up a presidential sex scandal.” Bombs have [...]