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May 12, 2008
3:48
What makes a good 'abuse'?
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Now that's a question I never thought I'd actually try and answer in my blog. It's not as if the question never crossed my mind before, but hey, there are certain things that make us chuckle, we leave it at that and then think of something else. It would have been left at that if not for a very interesting post on Shakespeare & Company (S&C), a writers group on ryze.com, a business network. The post was something of a writing exercise and the subject header was titled 'inventing new...

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May 05, 2008
10:23
The Austrian Horror
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It's a while since I blogged and though I wanted to write about so many issues, but for some reason, I didn't. I won't get into all those reasons now but perhaps I'll do so in some other post. However, after pondering over what this Austrian man did to his children I felt that I just had to blurt out something that would make sense... maybe not to the world at large but, at least, to myself. What a shame it took such a horrible event to pull me out of my blog-limbo. I've always been against...

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March 20, 2008
3:55
the late Arthur C Clarke
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through his words, space became an odyssey, through his deeds, satellites began to communicate remembering the late great arthur c. clarke who died in the land of serendip, a comma of an island in an ocean of turmoil will monoliths still puzzle us now? will computers still terrify our journeys? will apes learn new techniques of warfare? the answers will have to wait because the questioner has finally been silenced.

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January 06, 2008
1:28
The Mythical Thali
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In my last post, I touched upon the subject of myths and how the media plays a role in preserving and perpetuating them. Of course, I was talking about it specifically in the Indian context, or rather, in the variety of impressions and perceptions that I am gathering as an expat Indian visitor making a trip to the country after a long time. I am classifying some of these impressions as part of a gigantic myth and, in the process, attempting to understand why various forces within the country...

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December 31, 2007
20:45
Happy New Year
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I can't believe that 2008 is round the corner. It just seems like only yesterday when I celebrated 2007's arrival. If I'm not mistaken, I remember expressing the same thoughts last year, the year before and the one before that. It appears that each year passes so quickly that even before we are able to catch our breath... another new year celebration is round the corner. So a very happy new year to all of you who read my blog, and many blessings to all of you in the coming year. May the year...

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20:44
Chewing the couch potato
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Back to my series of India essays. Just three-four more to go. My five-year old nephew made a profound statement. I was watching this news channel that will not be named because I'm in a good mood but let me just drop a hint: it is part of a global media conglomerate. How foxy can I get? I had the remote in my hands and was busy zapping away, and then stopped at this particular news channel that I'm talking about and was watching it for a while. There was some totally insignificant event...

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December 28, 2007
1:25
The late Benazir Bhutto
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Benazir Bhutto is dead. A suicide bomber decided to blow himself up, and in the process, kill this young and dynamic political leader and weaken the democratic movement in Pakistan. It is a tragedy at many levels. On a more basic level, a wife, a mother, a daughter has lost her life but on a more broader scale, it has added a degree of uncertainty not just to the elections but, also, to the possibility of democracy returning to the country. It is still not sure who the assassins were, and it...

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December 25, 2007
10:35
Merry Christmas... and some peace, too
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Let me give a Christmas break to my India essays because, well, it is Christmas after all... and soulful pondering over larger issues that matter can wait for a day or two. Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem, a city that was occupied back then as it is now even two thousand years later. More things change more they remain the same? It is amazing that Christ - the Prince of Peace - was born in a place that was torn by violence, and the current history of his place of...

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December 23, 2007
13:07
Cafe Deja Vu
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One of my favourite spots in Bahrain is the little corner at The Coffee Bean in Juffair where I take my little Macbook, browse the net, do some work, read some magazines, meet friends or... simply sit back and enjoy their wide selection of tea, coffee and muffins or biscoti. It has to be either of the two because, well, dunked biscotis taste yum, and muffins are muffins after all. Costas in the new Seef mall extension or the one in Adliya are other favourites and Starbucks in Juffair comes a...

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December 15, 2007
12:08
Bombay goes dark
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Just when one got overwhelmed by all the noise, grime and the frenetic pace of life here in Bombay, here's a ray of hope that somehow restores faith in humanity. Tonight, from 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm, a group of people have initiated a 'movement' to increase awareness on global warming. What they have planned to do or, rather, what they hope to achieve is to get all the Bombayites to switch off their lights for one hour. Apparently, HBO and Channel [V] have, also, agreed to go off air during the...

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