Pity the Nation
September 6, 2003I came across an old poem of Khalil Gibran – used to read him when i was a student. it was the in thing to do in those days. and then when i went into work, i kind of left all that…
A new verb in the English Dictionary
September 3, 2003was chatting with a friend of mine on IM last week. suddenly the “conversation” turned to what i was reading. I told him that i was reading Edward Said and “Culture and Imperialism”. My friend is a mathematicain – hadn’t come across…
September 1, 2003
All of last week, i contemplated a poem by Frost – The Road Not Taken. More a reflection of life and achievements, than any other reason. Did i gain anything by going down the path not taken. I always told people –…
Mumbai Blasts 2003
August 26, 2003The Heroes – Mumbaikars This must be the most remarkable place in the world. yesterday afternoon at around 1 pm. two bombs went off and killed 46, and injured 140. and there were rumours of serial bombs. the mobile network went down…
How to be a Third World Country
August 16, 2003It was very interesting to see the power black out in the USA. a lot of people i know smirked. they now have an experience of being third world, they said. But i guess in a lot of ways, they already are….
Cultural Hell
August 3, 2003A cultural hell is a place that has been designed by “creative” people for other “creative” people. where we will hear whiffs of “post modern” and “neo freudian” and “hegelian dialectic” and the adamsian paradox – but not much else. yesterday i…
The Bus from Lahore
July 13, 2003Once up on a time, not so long ago, there lived a people. The people hads lots in common – they ate the same kind of food, wore the same kind of clothes, stayed next to each other – celebrated eachother’s happiness…
Do two monologues make a dialog?
July 10, 2003How do u have a conversation with someone you cannot at all relate to? is it that you speak your bit, they speak theirs? will it sound like someone having fun on post prod with a pair of actors from different films….
CAS sera sera
July 5, 2003what ever will be will be. the answer’s not ours to see cas sera sera The great indian compromise. once again. no loss of face on any side (or equal loss of face on all sides) – no change in the status…
writer’s block
July 4, 2003the thing that i have always dreaded. and the thing that keeps popping up at the most in opportune time. why now of all times do i have to have the dreaded block. am supposed to write some white papers on baan…