On Tolerance
November 7, 2015so, there was a march today, to prove that India was tolerant. and, while on the face of it, it was a good idea – who can disagree with the concept of ‘marching for tolerance’, it has gone wrong in terms of…
Mumbai – Coloured
November 4, 2015And, there are some more shots. I have been practising night shooting. It is fun, especially trying to capture varying degrees of brightness at different points of the skyline. A lot of photography is framing. It is the same premise as when…
Raghuram Rajan’s speech
November 2, 2015Raghuram Rajan’s speech to IIT, Delhi. Go read it — My favorite bit: So what does an educational institution or a nation need to do to keep the idea factory open? The first essential is to foster competition in the market place…
Mumbai – black & white
November 1, 2015I have been taking my camera into work. I spend so much time there, it is easier to sneak in a 10 minute window to practise than planning a photowalk or other such activities – that are usually swamped by work expanding…
Photography : The Ultrawide
October 31, 2015I finally succumbed : I have been coveting an ultra wide for long. After sporadic research – i finally zeroed in on the Tokina 11-16. What do you use an ultrawide for – usually you use it to make a very emphatic…
Twitter Polls …
October 30, 2015As though interaction on twitter wasn’t reductionist enough (although, immensely enjoyable & addictive) – they have introduced a binary poll. Yes or no. It is great fun, terribly addictive and requires even lesser interaction. I am expecting polls to take the form…
Bachche Din
October 29, 2015Chinese Government relaxes the One Child policy. Presumably to prevent extinction within the next 4 generations.
On Beauty …
October 29, 2015Last week, i can’t remember who asked this question on twitter, whether the rich are better looking than the poor. I may have got the exact wording wrong, but that was the gist. I have been travelling the length and breadth of…
Blair and the Iraq Adventure
October 27, 2015So, Tony Blair finally figures that the invasion of Iraq was a bad idea.He thinks that they had faulty intelligence, bad planning and no clue of what would happen once Saddam was removed. (though he is not sorry for removing Saddam). If…
Rediscovering Orwell 3 : Orwell on Dickens
October 25, 2015I have been reading, marking and re reading bits of Orwell’s essays, that form part of a collection i got for next to nothing, in one of the amazon sales. The essay I really enjoyed was on the author and social commentator,…