I am drawn to themes of crime, especially law and order and justice. Almost half of what I read is crime fiction. I like books and movies with police procedurals at least as much as suspense and detective fiction. I occasionally spend hours reading about true crime cases and investigations. I realized that I even [...]
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School Teachers’ Day
Back in my favorite school, Teachers’ Day had two specialties. One was that a few senior students took the roles of teachers by dressing like them, talking like them, and teaching their lessons in classes, while the teachers themselves took the day off from teaching and roamed around the school hanging out and having fun. [...]
On Not Writing
Since the day I decided to write, now is the longest period when I think the least about writing. Today I neither dream of becoming a full-time writer, nor write as much as I used to. Friends are always considerate to not point out that I may have gotten over her it. They ask. What [...]
The Cold Man and the Sea
Visiting a beach doesn’t feature on my fun-to-do list. I can’t stand it; the noisy crowds shouting over the roaring boat engines, the thick smell of marine life that I could never taste, the sticky atmosphere and the sand that falls off on reaching indoors. But I’ve had my share of experiences on sea shores. [...]
Google Zeitgeist 2010 Vs Google Trends
This year’s Google Zeitgeist carried its own surprises like it does every year. I digged a little deeper and found that Google Trends paints a very different picture of 2010. I could see the differences in the global page itself, but here I focus on India. The “fastest rising” are debatable because they are not [...]