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Lost In Translation
7 million things, lost in translation each day, An analog being, being digitalized each day. When the nimbostratus cloud meets the triangular hill on the wayward side, A moderate drizzle of tear-shaped drops hits with a splatter, with a tint of acid, dyed. Busy as a bee, cunning as a wolf, sly as a fox,… Read more
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The Difficulty of Being Good / Book Review
This knowledge I have taught is more arcane than any mystery- consider it completely then act as you choose. Towards the end of the Gita, this is what Krishna told Arjuna. That defines Krishna for me. And to see Gurcharan Das, grudgingly admire him in ‘The Difficulty of Being Good’ (of course he is not… Read more
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Shit Things
Prologue What makes a hero? I don’t know. I have never been one. But right now, I can find an answer for you. You first of all visit an obscure little planet called Earth. Roll the globe a little till you get Asia, India, Gujarat, Vadodara. Ah……life. It fills oneself with joy and exuberance… Read more
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Cocoon
The snug status quo that I had ensconced myself in, The shock-absorbing fluff that I had holed myself in, The certainty that it afforded lasted just a while, Had more than estranged me from reality, damn this gossamer globule’s guile. Cocooned in this contraption, it’s difficult to wade through, The treacherous, winding paths of life… Read more
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Differentiator
Were you there when they tore my dream down with a shredder, And beat it to a sodden pulp? Oh, I didn’t cut a pretty sight then! I was young. Were you there when they chose the Smart Pants over my hard work, The glitzy exterior over my inner grit? They rejected me, with their… Read more
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Alienman: the Anthem!
Blood! Blood! Blood! Blood! A nuke fries up my insides, Forming a passive layer of oxide, Protecting my heart against the rancid, dank and corrosive air, Breathed by a thousand ugly aliens with their venomous stare. Blood! Blood! Blood! Blood! Blood! Blood! Blood! Blood! My fingers tried to grip the gravel, As the saint inside… Read more
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In Defence of a Poet!
“Oh, who is he?” She pointed her finger in my direction. “A crazy man. A crackpot. He has totally lost it. He is someone who is of no particular importance,” he said, his voice cutting like a serrated knife across my fibrous heart. “Why, what’s his crime?” “He writes poems that hardly rhyme.” They both… Read more
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Oh my hands quiver as I type!!
Oh my hands quiver as I type, Something quite polemical, am I about to write? Uncertain, unsure, nervous and anxious, Should I not stop before I commit this travesty, this horrendous crime?! I tread cautiously over each noun I write, And check my adjectives – are they not too derogatory, should I take out the… Read more
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The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency / Book Review
To paraphrase an old adage, the first impression lingers on. I hated this book for its colonial undertones (not against the Africans as much against the Indians)and I still do. But, yet I find it a delightful and engrossing book to read. More so, as the world sketched in this book was totally alien to… Read more
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How to kill a Well-Condemned Asshole!!
Had it not been Sunday, I would not have killed him. But it was, and I had to. You might ask why he deserved death. Does a sucker weed deserve the shit on which it blossoms on? No, but the weed doesn’t complain, just profligates. In a similar manner, via me, Snotface got an… Read more
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Fooled by Randomness / Book Review
Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect. – Ralph Waldo Emerson I am very much interested to know what Mr. Taleb has to say about that! Because I don’t think he is at all shallow……….. The other day, I was watching ‘Luck‘, an utterly conventional Bollywood movie – it… Read more
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Bollywood and Space
“Cinema in India is like brushing your teeth in the morning. You can’t escape it.” Shahrukh Khan Had it not been this particular tale, I might have written it in a different manner. But of course, I wouldn’t have even liked to write it in any other manner. Bollywood as you know dear readers… Read more
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Bookless in Baghdad / Book Review
To, Dr. Shashi Tharoor, 97 Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-03 Tel: 24644035 Fax: 24654158 Subject: – A letter asking for apology Respected Sir, Like a scale firmly settled on a pipe, refusing to budge, the image that I have conjured up of your alleged persona from the various newspaper co-eds and news channels, preceded… Read more
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Argo / Movie Review
The whispered undertone might outweigh the roaring cacophony! And indeed, the sights and the sounds of ‘Argo’ nudges its way into the skin, seeping through the upper layer, clawing its way into the veins, flowing along with the blood into the heart and finally gushing towards the brain……!! It is one of the most… Read more
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Sense and Sensibility / Book Review
To say that I am pleased with myself would indeed be an understatement. I am extremely pleased with myself! Yup, I have completed Sense and Sensibility! It was a great, difficult journey with a treacherous winding path (long sentences!), never did I feel I am reading a sugary slop which what these YA writers pass… Read more
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The Shawshank Redemption
Not that I have been known to admire the critical pieces of work in Hollywood/Bollywood (I would have aliens and zombies any day); I did love the cinematic motif called the ‘The Shawshank Redemption’. Much has been already written about the movie and most of it would definitely have been more effusive, more spirited, more… Read more
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Such a loser!
It was just another day. But the sun, set. He looked at the path ahead of him. This hadn’t still got him what he was looking for. Thanks to the mobile telephony, he got to know the other competitors were already basking in glory as they have reached the finishing line. Shit. He flopped… Read more
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Chanakya’s Chant / Book Review
All things are subject to interpretation; whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth. -Friedrich Nietzsche Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac. It is up for grabs for anyone to take, if he is willing enough to be wily enough! In Chanakya’s Chant, Ashwin Sanghi has championed utter deviation… Read more
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ad nauseum
5-Shituary-2013 Today diary, I am going to tell you a story. Long time ago, in the future of human race, there lived a black hole with a most melancholic heart. No, no, he didn’t live in the periphery of the happy beings of the Earth, but quite far away, on the outskirts of this… Read more
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Honour Among Thieves / Book Review
Honor Among Thieves by Jeffrey Archer My rating: 4 of 5 stars Who exactly was Saddam Hussein? That was the first question that popped up in my mind after completing this novel. This is what the Guardian has to write about this tyrannical ruler who controlled Iraq for over a period of 24 years with… Read more
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Sethji / Book Review
Sethji by Shobhaa Dé My rating: 1 of 5 stars You wouldn’t have expected a book that plastic-y from a “veteran” author such as Shobhaa De. Maybe once upon a time in a distant, ancient, rural and rustic India, such indecency would have shocked the people of this country and indeed would have made her… Read more
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid – The Third Wheel /Book Review
The Third Wheel by Jeff Kinney My rating: 4 of 5 stars I just hacked a book in 2 hours at Crossword. And, this was my first Wimpy Kid book, and boy, I loved it!! And do I feel guilty reading a kid’s book? Not at all. After all the way I behave,… Read more
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On a Planet far beyond the influence of Earth!
On a Planet far beyond the influence of Earth, Prevailed a society, which did not persecute its people at birth. The law of the land gave the power to the people, Unequal it wasn’t, yet each of them was considered unique and capable. Peaceful by nature, yet it possessed the most potent weapon of all,… Read more
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Deception Point / Book Review
That’s why they call him a master of spine-chillers. He indeed knows how to rev up the book with the speedometer always pointing above 100 kilometers per hour. What the jacket of the book promises, Dan Brown delivers. ‘Deception Point’ has been the only book by Dan Brown that I had not previously read, better… Read more
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The Hobbit : An Unexpected Journey / Movie Review
You may ask, why is that I like every movie I watch? Is it because someone is paying me to write good reviews? No sir, I am a humble blogger with no strings attached. I only review those movies that I actually like. And I do read a critic’s take on the film, but… Read more
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Who Let The Dork Out / Book Review
Who Let The Dork Out? by Sidin Vadukut My rating: 4 of 5 stars Dear Diary, Today, I completed a wonderful book! As you know Diary, ‘Who let the Dork out?’ is the third Book in the Dork Series by the Mint editor and Twitter chirping Peacock Sidin Vadukut. But of course, this is his… Read more
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The Picture of Dorian Gray / Book Review
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde My rating: 3 of 5 stars To create a self-delusional character takes a genius. And indeed ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ is a literary masterpiece by the genius playwright Oscar Wilde. Well, there happens to be a lot many books that I ventured out in my nascent… Read more
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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ALIENMAN
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ALIENMAN I, Vismay Harani (more popularly known as Alienman!) aged 20 years (occupation: – ……………..let’s talk about this later) hereby write my final will. Any wills written previously are revoked under the soon to be defunct laws of Government of India. I am writing this will freely and under no… Read more
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Life of Pi / Movie Review
People sometimes are pretentious. Even if they know that they wouldn’t like a particular type of film, they barge in the theatres with their oh-I-am-cool-as-I-am-Sarcastic attitude, moan endlessly ‘how boring the movie is!’ end up making clichéd, snide remarks about the protagonist and his leading lady followed by raucous laughter. If you are that kind… Read more
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The Anti-Ghoos Man!!!!
You might actually chance upon asking me, where do I live exactly? Earth, would be my brusque answer. You might also complain about not seeing me anywhere, not on the hoardings, not sharing the dais with hotshots like Mr. Hazare of I.A.C., not saving lives out there, not endorsing Fair N’ Handsome for a change………… Read more
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How to avoid beating a well admired Asshole?
If you asked me, “Does he indeed deserve to die?” I would have said, “Yes.” Murukar X was a vicious old fox, a swarthy man with a too visible paunch; he would have been a smudge on the name of beauty pageants if they had unwittingly and inadvertently selected him for their contest. Now-a-days… Read more
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Loser Writers’ Association
Good Morning all, It might suffice to say, I lost one more of those competitions and hence am writing this post so that I may be able to release my pent up frustration that had (for a moment at least!) forced me to hang myself with the noose carved from the literary thrash that I… Read more
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Up against the Wal (mart)!!
Dear Mr. Common Man (of India!), hear my plea, I know that I am pretty much unwanted in your country, poor me. But I suppose you well know my charms, “Low Prices – always”: rather it be toothbrushes, fancy dresses or fresh grocery from the farms. Maybe Walmart strikes fear in your heart, But let… Read more
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And so God created Arvind Kejriwal!
In the beginning, the God created heaven and Earth, And mountains, humans, rivers and trees of massive girth. But the inquisitive humans wanted to explore, And try to satiate their growing hunger for more. But still, each character was happy to be a part of God’s gig, To be a hunter or hunted, whatever they… Read more
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