Hope

2006 was definitely not a good year for me. Too many problems and too many issues to solve. Health concerns to a lot of near and dear ones was devastating.
I am hoping 2007 will be better.
I just got a call from India. I am packing and leaving for India soon for an emergency visit. It’s [...]

Happy New Year !!!

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Being Opinionated And Being Judgmental

Opinionated: adj – Holding stubbornly and often unreasonably to one’s own opinions 
Judgmental: adj – Inclined to make judgments, especially moral or personal ones 
Former is fine because it only involves you. At the worst case, your best friend maybe frustrated with your ego and your acquaintance may think that you are a megalomaniac, depending on [...]

Shivamogga Sammelana – Concluding Remarks

I am sorry !!! 
I understand that a lot of your sons and daughters are right wing nuts. I also know that a few others are naxalite sympathizers. I am neither. I value human relationships, respect and dignity much more than any of them. 
I also understand that people have the right to accept and embrace [...]

Kannada Sammelana – Why Do We Need Them ?

Let me start off by saying that I completely support the annual Kannada Sahitya Sammelana. At the same time, I would like to analyze the usefulness of such conferences. There are certainly a few things which have bothered me about several such Sammelanas. 
I want to touch upon all the flavors of such Sammelanas. How about [...]

Kannada Sahitya Sammelana – Presidents

73rd All India Kannada Conference is starting in two days. Shivamogga is all dressed up for the event. We all look forward to this once-a-year event with such passion. When you think of “kannaDa sAhitya sammELana”, it’s really “Kannada” which binds us. That’s the sweetest of the words and we love and live for it. [...]

Seventh Heaven Or Six Feet Under ?

Guess what…this guy walks up to me the other day in a party and asks me to write the screenplay for a Kannada tele-serial that he is planning. I am sure there are thousands of such ideas floating around everyday. So, it’s not right to count the chickens before the eggs hatch. But still….me sitting [...]

Plagiarism, Copying And Idiots

Ivan McEwan’s ‘Atonement’ is under microscope now. This book has received rave reviews and McEwan is a very accomplished writer. So, what’s the controversy now ? Apparently, an entire chapter is a copy from one of Lucilla Andrews’ books. That chapter mainly talks about a nurse during World War II. I have not read both [...]

Veni ! Vidi !! Vici !!! – Almost

When I was studying Engineering in India, it was a big deal to wear specially designed class T-shirts every year. Students from each engineering branch and batch had their own T-shirts. Once, Electrical Engineering students from my batch had a real nice T-shirt with the following written in big bold letters:
Vidi ! Vici !! Veni [...]

My Blogging 101

I started off writing this as a comment to SB’s comment here, but it ended up being too long and I made it another post. I dislike SB for making me think too much too many times . Anyway, let me give it a shot.  
Do I sometimes feel that readership is proportional to comments [...]