Chapter 1: Somewhere in between!

I observed him carefully as he walked to the door. I knew that time was running out but suppressed my urge to check my watch. I took a deep breath and started counting in reverse under my breath. “Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven…” Damn, I should have timed it better. This guy was taking an eternity […]

Prologue

Dim the lights babe, I don’t have much time left. Place your fingers on my scarred face, Lure me back into your bewitching eyes. My heart is heavy, It had been a tough day. Let’s make the most of tonight, Because tomorrow, I am going to be history. Breathe in my ears, sing me a […]

A viable business model for Space Exploration

Space, the final frontier. We wax lyrical about the immense possibilities of space: Martian Colonies, Base Camp on the Moon, the wonders of the Titan, Asteroid Mining, and what lies beyond the realms of this Solar System. Our strong and unassailable faith in human endeavour has brought us so far ahead…

Why Alienman?

I clammed up. There, you see me, my neck craned over my cell phone, oblivious to what’s happening around me. That’s me trying to be inconspicuous. I am an anachronism, and people don’t like to be reminded of that fact. The group is polite enough, not to ridicule me. I have had worse. I don’t […]

Can a Robot be creative?

A disclaimer: This article is written by a layman who misunderstands and is misunderstood often. Robots have more often than not, been subjects of speculative fiction. So much to an extent that, every science fiction writer worth his salt has written at least one story/novel/article featuring robots. No other subject, except perhaps ‘Interstellar travel’, […]

Discussing ‘Foundation’

“Of all human conditions, perhaps the most brilliant and at the same time the most anomalous, is that of the Governor General of British India. A private English gentleman, and the servant of a joint-stock company, during the brief period of his government, he is the deputed sovereign of the greatest empire in the world; […]

Ticket Stub: Birdman

Ticket Stub: Birdman Stars: 4 Story: An actor playing a superhero, becomes one! tongue emoticon Talent to watch out for: Practically everybody… The Juicy Bit: The movie is smart, imaginative, artistically shot, idiosyncratic, funny as hell, anti-mushy yet touching Bitter Lemon: It is lemonade, all the way through! Reason to watch: It won the Oscar […]

Ticket Stub- Jupiter Ascending

Ticket Stub: Jupiter Ascending Stars: 3 Story: A royal intrigue, minor skirmishes in space, a girl falling for her savior Talent to watch out for: Eddie Redmayne (the husky whispers along with the occasional staccato outbursts) The Juicy Bit: The heady cocktail of superb visuals and spectacular vistas, amazing weaponry, and gripping chases and fight […]

Why India works?

I firmly believe that even if a craven despot becomes the leader of the nation tomorrow, he won’t be able to do a lasting damage to our society. Mainly because the common folks have become impatient. They have become all the more interested in the specifics of what is being offered and are not rigidly […]

AN OPEN LETTER TO ALL THE OPEN LETTER WRITERS SET AGAINST MODI

This is to tell you from the onset, that I am a bhakt. Personally, I hate the terminology as it pits me as a saffron-tinged rustic Hindu hooligan, but for taxonomic purposes, you can classify me as Moditus Admirus, known otherwise as Bhakt. So now that you have already wrinkled your nose and would be […]