When a film is this deplorable, it warms my heart. That means, I will have a field day dissecting it and poking fun at their cost. Now that my not-so-lofty ideal has been revealed, let’s press on with Agent Vinod. Saif Ali Khan joins the league of Indian actors who perhaps wanted to be Bond or just … Continue reading
So, the UAE survived a tsunami of natural disasters that were set to ravage the country, as per ‘experts’ on social media. It was very amusing, as was disturbing, to receive bulk BBMs and tweets announcing the ‘arrival’ of malevolent forces after a 2-day sandstorm hit Dubai. Sandstorms are a common occurence in the Middle East. As … Continue reading
It takes one Anna Hazare to see the real nature of people. Might I specify, media people. But it takes one long hard look. Media people have long started behaving like vultures over a carcass. When it is all bare down to the bones, they quickly move down to the next carcass. I do not … Continue reading
There is a whole urgent rush to have your cyber footprint. It is almost like having a passport, or a driver’s license or a social security number. Not having a cyber identity automatically ostracises an individual and makes one feel less endowed, pun fully not intended. Very recently, I saw my wife, quietly kill her Facebook … Continue reading
Is that a little too outrageous? It was just the other day, when I was in my classroom telling a bunch of teenagers about new media technology and how it has affected social behaviour. Following the lecture, I was thinking about what we were talking about in class, over a smoke. New media has given … Continue reading
