The advent of the computer and all those wonders associated with it has totally changed the human life-style. Of course, the print media and all those journals and news magazines are still in vogue though the users are few and far between. Gone are the days when we used to write lengthy letters to our …
Month: September 2014
Customer Friendly
Marketing is an art. Irrespective of whether you are shopping in a supermarket or in a corner shop, what tempts you to busy something is the attitude of the owner or the sales persons. You might be in need of a popular item but, if it is not available in that shop, you are tempted …
Peaceful Co-existence
‘Old order changeth, yielding place to new…†The poet who wrote these lines would have taken into account the rapid changes that were taking place ever since stone age and the human capacity to bring about such changes but it is doubtful whether he would have foreseen the rapid unbelievable changes during the past 10 …
To Live in a Broad World
“Unity in diversity” is a noble cause which deserves utmost respect and attention especially at a time when separatism raises its ugly head in various parts of the world in the name of different faiths or policies or languages. One major cause of separatism is egoism or rather an undue love for one’s language or …
How about a playful hide and seek
“I am the monarch of all I survey…” “Uhm… I know the rest of those immortal lines… you need not repeat them here. Right now, you are the lord of fowl and brute… You can even add… and those majestic trees and the vast sky. But, don’t you think that you are, in fact, highlighting …
Hats off to…
At times, one’s mind remains stagnant and all the efforts to come out with something worthwhile are blown away as if they are dry leaves we fin don roads or sidewalks. Be it politics or other important issues or even funny things, one’s mind keeps saying “shit†and your eyes look the other way, condemning …
The biggest book
“Reading maketh the perfect man… Knowledge is power… All is well that ends wellâ€, all such inspiring words prompt one to go to the reading room. The other day I too was prompted to collect a few books from the bookshelf but the beauty of the evening sky and the spectacular colors surrounding it tempted …
Wherever your casual eyes are cast!
I don’t know how far those mountains are from where we stay, but they are ‘distracters’. You try to concentrate on what you read or write but you are tempted to have a look at them now and then. Does one of them look like a sleeping dame or an old guy relaxing on an …
Onam
The ten-day-long ‘ONAM’ happens to be the most important festival in Kerala, one of the southern states in India. It symbolizes abundance and not beyond the reach of the poor, for all that matters is flowers of all colors and sizes, available in abundance all over Kerala. if at all there is some sort of …