Toasting the Brave

Posted on 23 Mar 2011 under Life, XLRI

Applaud the brave, because very few people have the courage to write what they want without thinking about the consequences. “Political correctness be damned in favour of direct dil se” seems to be the motto of a few people I know. They wear their hearts on their folded sleeves, collar buttons undone behind the tie [...]

Why I Still Have Faith in the Internet

Posted on 23 Mar 2011 under Random

No matter how crappy a song, loyal fans of the band or singer or musician who made that particular song will still click on Like on the official youtube video. Generally, the Likes outnumber the Dislikes. However, go check out the number of likes and dislikes for the official video of Rebecca Black’s “Friday”. And [...]

SAF’s Touchline Ban, Refereeing Mistakes and FI(FA) – A post on football

Posted on 17 Mar 2011 under Random

So, Sir Alex Ferguson has been given a 5-match touchline ban for his recent “outburst” against referee Martin Atkinson, in which he implied that the latter was not a fair referee, or not a strong one in any case. In this opinion(ated) article by Mark Lomas, the author says that because Fergie’s such a well [...]

On Music (Trapt) and others’ opinions

Posted on 16 Mar 2011 under Random

Trapt is a very mediocre band. They have songs which are within the ideal 3:30 to 5:00 duration. Almost all their songs follow a formulaic “verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus” format. Their lyrics are not earth-shattering. The lead singer is not super talented. The guitarist doesn’t do solos or leads (actually, there might be one or two odd ones [...]

On Photography

Posted on 11 Mar 2011 under Random, XLRI

In XLRI, a lot of people were passionate about photography. I think photography’s cool. I like the idea of capturing a moment from the right angle, ensuring the right content goes into it. There’s an art to framing the right picture, both visually and in terms of content as well. Also, the poetry of photography [...]

Liverpool 3 – 1 Man Utd (A long post on football)

Posted on 07 Mar 2011 under Random

As much as it pains me to admit, they probably deserved it. Liverpool’s transformation is beginning to look very solid under the guidance of Kenny Dalglish. As he said after the match, they’re not yet a team that would be challenging for the title, but I think they’ll get there. In my opinion, I’m not [...]

This is a post…

Posted on 04 Mar 2011 under Random

…written out of pure indifference. I’m sorry you’re having to trudge through the drudgery of this absolutely meaningless post, which was really written because my fingers longed to feel the keys of my awesome keyboard being depressed in an orderly manner to create words and sentences. I want a lot of things. Thank you for [...]