Variety is the spice of life

 There used to be a time when, news channels reported people protests in other countries, be it middle eastern or Latin American, the common footage would be that of a mob throwing stones from one side and shield carrying riot police in other side firing tear gases and water cannons. Broken shops, damaged vehicles, injured personnel and people are stock footage level commonalities across all those incidents. Very rarely such scenes used to happen in India, Kashmir being an exception. Not saying that our country is utopia where people are very happy or devoid of incidents. But such mob fury related ones were quite rare and few at the scale with which it happened on other side of the world. Nowadays, it has become so common that, it feels, as if such acts are ingrained on the minds of individuals as a valid response for any issue, irrespective of its scale and nature. In last couple of years at least, there has been so many such incidents be it for farmer issue, population registry, ...

 Have long been trying to skip this series, for was not very enthused by the plot of the pilot episode. Also, the posters carrying gooey looking creatures didn’t help either. It took a really long sleepless night to start watching this series and before I knew it, was onto season 2!! The USP of the series as credited by multiple reviews already is in its charming setting of the 80’s. It reminds of Steven Spielberg’s ET and many other kid movies of that era. To support that, the casting of the 4 main kids, which has worked brilliantly and deserves an Emmy or two. All the cast members are gems in their own regard and brings to real their characters, making them relatable, lovable and believable at the same time. Fact that as the seasons grow, the growth of the cast also helps in taking the story forward. But one does wonder about the innocence lost for those kids, which is no longer a discussion topic for any kid for that matter. The childhood innocence of kids in early teens as they...

Certain things, how much ever logical, they may sound to be, are quite difficult to follow in real time. Networking, is one such thing. Of all the skills one needs to inculcate, the art of keeping touch is becoming the most essential life skill, across all spheres of life and business. Those who excel in not just making relationships but maintaining them, come up trumps more easily than others. For those who claim to be introverts/timid or shy, the world is fast spinning away from them. Not that it is a catastrophe or end of world scenario for that group, because, end of the day, this is the group who comprises of the “Do-ers”, if at all the other group can be called as “getting it done-ers”. While those with good networking skills often are on the super highway, the “other” category often lag behind. Stretching beyond professional domain, even in personal sphere, the art of networking plays an immensely important role. I vaguely remember a quote that after certain age it is very diffi...

How are heroes made? Does heroism come as an inborn gift from time of birth? Is it something one inculcate growing up? Or is it something that is sheerly manufactured and with continuous assault on the senses, forcing people to accept? You might’ve got the drift behind this post with the last question.  If you tell the same lie enough number of times, people will believe it. Bigger the lie, the better. This is a quote from Dark knight, the second movie of the Batman trilogy by Christopher Nolan. If at all there was one movie, where the villain made absolute sense and scaringly true, that was the one. Ironically, the actor who played that role, breathed his last after such a monumental performance. May be it was fate or destiny that he never lived to act on any other movie and sully the ever lasting image, he burnt on the minds of every movie watcher, who wasn’t just thrilled by his performance, but were actually rooting for him. Of course, as a thumb rule good always triumphs evil ...