Random Thoughts

Saw " Zindagi na Milegi Dobara " a few days ago and it came as a breath of fresh air compared to some of the other cine offerings doing the rounds. As i mused over the main theme of the movie with my better half and a few friends could not help but have a sense of deja vu. I had felt the same way when I had seen Rock On and I had certainly felt the same way when I had seen Dil Chahta Hai. So what were the feelings that these 3 movies evoked that appealed to me? First thing that I related to was the thought that " We are all basically Free - to be what we want to be, to do what we want to do". And yet we tie ourselves up - doing things we don't necessarily like, slaves to the grind, always soldiering on without thinking about the larger picture. In fact the whole TGIF culture emanates from that. The more answers I sought the more questions I had.... Why is bragging about the lastest gadget more important than learning a...

Earlier this month Google announced "circles" as an alternative to the ubiquitous "friends" on its social networking venture Google+. "Why is it a big deal?" - you may ask. The typical "friend list" of your favourite social networking site contains less than 10% of people you would normally classify as a "friend". The remaining are at best acquaintances - work colleagues who find you socially acceptable, neighbours, classmates etc etc. There is therefore a big gulf between the REAL world and the WWW world in this respect.  "So what if one has more "friends" on the WWW world than in the REAL world?" - you may ask. The answer to that is slightly more involved. Firstly try and recollect the behaviours of all the "friends" in the WWW world. I was able to come up with the following types of "friends" - 1. RIP VAN WINKLES - these are "friends" who connected with you in the virtual world and...