Posts Tagged ‘rants’
Diwali fundaes
"Stupid little kids, wish I were a few hundred metres away and I had a sniper rifle in my hands", I muttered to myself, only half in jest as Iwas rudely woken up by the resounding blasts of some extremely noisy firecrackers that set my ears ringing, as I cursed away, abusing everyone that came to mind, right from the parents of these kids to the [...]
Television Woes
When I was in school, The Times of India's sales were on the rise, as the newspaper had reinvented itself, complete with colour photos and relevant local content. A whole bunch of people had switched loyalties to move to the TOI, and I remember my folks also choosing to move to it, discarding the good old Indian Express, quite unceremoniously. [...]
Men of God
Religion to me is very personal, and my transactions with the almighty don't depend necessarily on the holiness of the place, as much as they depend on how much peace I derive while being there. I was told to visit the temple when I had been to Gokarna a few days ago, for it was supposed to be a very holy place, akin to Kashi in the north, and [...]
How’s it going?
Being anti-social is cool. To a very large extent. The realms of anti-social behaviour entitle me to come up with snappy answers to polite bullshit conversation, and make sure that those who try and make random chit-chat are kept at bay. I don't want to answer people with stuff like - 'hey, how are you?' or 'did you have your lunch?' or [...]
Death to Select News Channels
Cross-posted on Churumuri.com, my third contribution to that site. Saturday, July 21, saw the entire world being engulfed by ?Pottermania? for the very last time, with the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Our country was not spared of this phenomenon either, with people lining up in the wee hours of the weekend morning in front [...]
Death to the people who leaked the Deathly Hallows
One of my previous posts had something about a well-written (but definitely not in the style of JKR) piece of fan-fiction by someone who goes by the handle Melindaleo, on the Phoenix Song site. The small amount of hype that was generated when this book was floated as being 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' was soon quelled once some [...]
