JudeTheObscure

Who said that the government's not listening to people?

2012-01-23T20:30:00.000+05:30

Cartoon by Alok Nirantar. Read more about him here. If you like his cartoons, drop a line at breathing.cartoons@gmail.com

Five lessons from Kodak's Bankruptcy

2012-01-21T16:18:00.003+05:30

(Kodak advertisement, Image courtesy: Duke Universityhttp://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/eaa/, link Via Chandu Gopalakrishnan)

Hope you have finished mourning the demise of Eastman Kodak Co, the 131 year old photography pioneering corporation that filed for bankruptcy Thursday. Kodak's bankruptcy offers a few lessons to businesses, The Economist explains in an article. The lessons?

1. Kodak's culture did not help. Despite its strengths—hefty investment in research, a rigorous approach to manufacturing and good relations with its local community—Kodak had become a complacent monopolist.

2. If you see things coming, do something about it: Another reason why Kodak was slow to change was that its executives “suffered from a mentality of perfect products, rather than the high-tech mindset of make it, launch it, fix it,” says Rosabeth Moss Kanter of Harvard Business School, who has advised the firm.

3. Diversify, make it quick: Even when Kodak decided to diversify, it took years to make its first acquisition.

4. Nurture re-usable IP.

5. Don't cling to old business just because its higher margins.

Read the full article here.

That moment, Ifthikar Ali featuring Rayshad Rauf & Rizwan Abdulla

2012-01-21T13:32:00.002+05:30

My friend Tony Joseph of Tune4.com shared this with me. Chennai based Tune4 Entertainments is into music production, event management, advertising and online radio.

Check out the site here.

Modi's Sad-bhavana

2012-01-21T09:13:00.002+05:30

Cartoon by Alok Nirantar. Read more about him here.

If you like his cartoons, drop a line at breathing.cartoons@gmail.com

Prirate bay's argument on SOPA, PIPA

2012-01-19T21:40:00.001+05:30

Dear readers,

What do you think of SOPA? PIPA?

I found this interesting.

Enjoy:

INTERNETS, 18th of January 2012.
PRESS RELEASE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.

Over a century ago Thomas Edison got the patent for a device which would "do for the eye what the phonograph does for
the ear". He called it the Kinetoscope. He was not only amongst the first to record video, he was also the first person
to own the copyright to a motion picture.

Because of Edisons patents for the motion pictures it was close to financially impossible to create motion pictures
in the North american east coast. The movie studios therefor relocated to California, and founded what we today call
Hollywood. The reason was mostly because there was no patent.
There was also no copyright to speak of, so the studios could copy old stories and make movies out of them - like
Fantasia, one of Disneys biggest hits ever.

So, the whole basis of this industry, that today is screaming about losing control over immaterial rights, is that they
circumvented immaterial rights. They copied (or put in their terminology: "stole") other peoples creative works,
without paying for it. They did it in order to make a huge profit. Today, they're all successful and most of the
studios are on the Fortune 500 list of the richest companies in the world. Congratulations - it's all based on being
able to re-use other peoples creative works. And today they hold the rights to what other people create.
If you want to get something released, you have to abide to their rules. The ones they created after circumventing
other peoples rules.

The reason they are always complainting about "pirates" today is simple. We've done what they did. We circumvented the
rules they created and created our own. We crushed their monopoly by giving people something more efficient. We allow
people to have direct communication between eachother, circumventing the profitable middle man, that in some cases take
over 107% of the profits (yes, you pay to work for them).
It's all based on the fact that we're competition.
We've proven that their existance in their current form is no longer needed. We're just better than they are.

And the funny part is that our rules are very similar to the founding ideas of the USA. We fight for freedom of speech.
We see all people as equal. We believe that the public, not the elite, should rule the nation. We believe that laws
should be created to serve the public, not the rich corporations.

The Pirate Bay is truly an international community. The team is spread all over the globe - but we've stayed out of the
USA. We have Swedish roots and a swedish friend said this:
The word SOPA means "trash" in Swedish. The word PIPA means "a pipe" in Swedish. This is of course not a coincidence.
They want to make the internet inte a one way pipe, with them at the top, shoving trash through the pipe down to the
rest of us obedient consumers.
The public opinion on this matter is clear. Ask anyone on the street and you'll learn that noone wants to be fed with
trash. Why the US government want the american people to be fed with trash is beyond our imagination but we hope that
you will stop them, before we all drown.

SOPA can't do anything to stop TPB. Worst case we'll change top level domain from our current .org to one of the
hundreds of other names that we already also use. In countries where TPB is blocked, China and Saudi Arabia springs to
mind, they block hundreds of our domain names. And did it work? Not really.
To fix the "problem of piracy" one should go to the source of the problem. The entertainment industry say they're
creating "culture" but what they really do is stuff like selling overpriced plushy dolls and making 11 year old girls
become anorexic. Either from working in the factories that creates the dolls for basically no salary or by watching
movies and tv shows that make them think that they're fat.

In the great Sid Meiers computer game Civilization you can build Wonders of the world. One of the most powerful ones
is Hollywood. With that you control all culture and media in the world. Rupert Murdoch was happy with MySpace and had
no problems with their own piracy until it failed. Now he's complainting that Google is the biggest source of piracy
in the world - because he's jealous. He wants to retain his mind control over people and clearly you'd get a more
honest view of things on Wikipedia and Google than on Fox News.

Some facts (years, dates) are probably wrong in this press release. The reason is that we can't access this information
when Wikipedia is blacked out. Because of pressure from our failing competitors. We're sorry for that.

THE PIRATE BAY, (K)2012

Roti kapada aur makan ya Prianka ki muskan?

2012-01-18T20:18:00.000+05:30

Cartoon by Alok Nirantar. Read more about him here.

If you like his cartoons, drop a line at breathing.cartoons@gmail.com

Happy new year. Or maybe not

2012-01-02T09:27:00.001+05:30

Good morning readers.

Happy new year. Or maybe not. While all of us are hopeful that a good year lies ahead of us, looks like its not going to be as good. For starters, a hike of about Rs 2.10-2.13 per litre in petrol price is likely as oil companies will meet today to revise rates of petrol in wake of weakening rupee. But any hike will need nod from the government given that assembly elections in five states are around the corner. Grim start to a new year eh? But that doesn't mean we shouldn't have a laugh. Here's another cartoon by Alok Nirantar. Hope you like it.

Cartoon by Alok Nirantar. If you like his cartoons, drop a line at breathing.cartoons@gmail.com

Cheers
JPK

Lokpalwa Phokpalwa?

2011-12-31T13:58:00.002+05:30

It only gets better and better.

Cartoon by Alok Nirantar. Read more about him here.

If you like his cartoons, drop a line at breathing.cartoons@gmail.com

Game over Anna?

2011-12-28T20:37:00.001+05:30

Everybody has a view on the Lokpal bill. But nothing captures it better than a this cartoon. Cartoonist Alok Nirantar has another go at the Lokpal logjam.

Cartoon by Alok Nirantar. Read more about him here.

If you like his cartoons, drop a line at breathing.cartoons@gmail.com

An inconvenient watchdog

2011-12-26T16:47:00.001+05:30

As the government tries to keep one inconvenient watchdog at bay(RTI), another comes along (Lokpal).

Cartoon by Alok Nirantar. Read more about him here.

If you like his cartoons, drop in a line at breathing.cartoons@gmail.com .

Santa's Gift

2011-12-23T08:51:00.000+05:30

Cartoon by Alok Nirantar. Read more about him here.

If you like his cartoons, drop in a line at breathing.cartoons@gmail.com .

I am Mumbai

2011-12-22T16:23:00.001+05:30

Brilliant commercial made for Mumbai Mirror by Taproot India. Agency: Taproot India Client: Bennett & Coleman Brand Team: Rahul Kansal, Priya Gupta Creative Directors: Santosh Padhi, Agnello Dias Writer: Agnello Dias Account Management: Mandar Sawant Production House: RDP Director: Abhinay Deo Music: Ram Sampath Executive Producer: Apurba Sengupta

What more do you want? Everything has been given!

2011-12-22T10:05:00.001+05:30

Cartoon by Alok Nirantar. Read more about him here.

If you like his cartoons, drop in a line at breathing.cartoons@gmail.com .

The writing process

2011-12-21T11:58:00.001+05:30

I've often found myself struggling to explain the writing process.But then, a colleague (follow her on twitter) e-mailed me this infographic from Andrew Marcec's amazing site. He is writing his first novel.

Midday to stop printing Bangalore and Delhi edition

2011-12-05T18:41:00.001+05:30

Rather abruptly, Midday, the English tabloid owned by Jagaran group has announced the closure of its Bangalore and Delhi Edition. Manajit Ghoshal, CEO of Mid-Day Infomedia Ltd wrote to his employees:

Dear Colleagues,

Its with a heavy heart that I have to announce the closure of Midday – Delhi and Midday – Bangalore editions. Tomorrow’s issue will be the last issue for both the editions. This has been necessitated by the prolonged losses we had to incur on these editions. The idea behind starting these editions was to establish these brands in these cities and make a difference in the lives of the citizens there. We had begun well and were appreciated for the quality of product we put out. However, in a corporate scenario the books need to be balanced. Due to the ever increasing competition in the print media space, the funds required for breakeven in these cities kept escalating. Finally, we had to take this call. We will however, continue to maintain a news bureau in Delhi and our sales offices in Bangalore and Delhi.

But, every dark cloud has a silver lining. The silver lining in this is that Mumbai Midday now will have the strength to soar to greater heights. By cutting our losses in Delhi and Bangalore editions, we will be able to bolster our circulation in Mumbai. Apart, from the plan to channel these investments, Jagran group (our parent company) will invest a large sum in boosting Midday’s circulation in Mumbai. This will give our sales guys across the country to pitch Mumbai Midday to clients and agencies in a new light. We need to now concentrate on building brand Midday in Mumbai and monetizing Mumbai Midday’s large increase in circulation and in this our sales colleagues in Delhi, Bangalore and Pune will have to play a significant part.

Gujrati Midday and Inquilab continue to go from strength to strength. We are increasing the circulation of GMD at a brisk pace and will continue to do so. Inquilab has flourished in the north and we now have 14 editions in all and are far ahead of any competition in the Urdu space.

Midday – Pune is an extension of Midday-Mumbai just as the Pune city is an extension of Mumbai. Midday-Pune will continue to run at an ever increasing pace and we will be monitoring the Pune media market keenly to spot opportunities to improve the circulation of Midday – Pune.

We will continue to invest aggressively in our digital properties as we believe that this is a medium whose time has come.

5th December, 2011 is an important day in the history of Midday. Today, we will have to halt and think. Think about many of our colleagues who will have to move on. Its a testing time for them as it is for us. Right now it might look dark but I am sure both of us will come out of this with flying colours. We wish them all the best in their future endeavors. We also need to think about the added responsibilities for all of us who remain in this great organization and who have to carry its legacy forward. Lets begin this phase of our journey with renewed vigour and conviction.

In conclusion, I can only say that all dreams may not fructify but that will only encourage us to try harder and bring us closer, marching forward with a vision which only we can realise. We strive for continuity and absolutes but are reminded time and again that change is the only constant. In this time of great pain and heavy responsibility, I am sure God will give us the tenacity to walk on ………………….……….and then to break into a run …………………………………and once again soar to live our destiny.

Cheers
Manajit Ghoshal

What have I been upto?

2011-11-25T18:15:00.001+05:30

Dear reader,

If you were wondering where I disappeared after making my last announcement on the blog (coming soon, Joe's news list), you probably have not been reading my blog long enough. If you'd been, you'd have known that I wouldn't have kept my word. But here's the good thing, Joe's been putting up selected stories on another blog diligently. Because I've grown a little more lazy than before, you won't be seeing the list on my blog. But you can find it here.

Here's a small update on what's going on with me

1. I got married to my long time girl friend Radhika. She is a Carnatic Vocalist.

(In Pic: Radhika, Photo Courtesy: Sriram)

2. After almost three years at The New Indian Express, I joined The Economic Times last December. Been writing on Technology for the paper.

(Courtesy: The Economic Times)

3. I made a small trip to Bejing (courtesy SAP AG).

(Fine dining at the Roast Duck Restaurant in Bejing)

I won't bore you with the details. Hope to blog some time soon.

Cheers,
JPK

Coming soon: Joe's list

2011-10-11T21:30:00.002+05:30

Finally, I managed to get you some fresh air. Starting Monday, I will be publishing a list on this blog everyday. It will be called Joe's list, named after the creator of the list. Joe is a senior journalist working for India's leading newspaper. He manages to read-through over a dozen news papers and publications every day and puts out a list of interesting stories. He has agreed to me publishing it here on the blog. It will be a sort of daily dose of whats happening around the world (not always inclusive but always interesting). So if you are the kind of person who likes to be on top of interesting, this list is for you.

Cheers
JPK

Jagjit Singh (February 8, 1941 - October 10, 2011 )

2011-10-10T11:18:00.002+05:30

With great sadness, this blog records the death of renowned ghazal singer Jagjit Singh. The legendary singer, passed away at 8 am in Lilavati Hospital on Monday morning reports The Times of India

RIP

Jagjit Singh (February 8, 1941 - October 10, 2011 )

Hasta Siempre, Comandante

2011-10-09T08:25:00.000+05:30

Ernesto "Che" Guevara (June 14,1928 – October 9, 1967)

El Che or simply Che, was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, intellectual, guerrilla leader, diplomat and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized visage has become a ubiquitous countercultural symbol of rebellion and global insignia within popular culture. (From Wikipedia)

"There are sex maniacs and sensex maniacs: Mumbai has plenty of both": Not an open letter

2011-09-17T12:22:00.000+05:30

Before you conclude that this is yet another racially motivated and abusive diss post (read open letter to boys, girls and everyone else out there) written by an obviously frustrated Madrasi-- Stop. This post is about rising fuel prices, 20 years of liberalisation, inequity, farmer suicides and issues that are far more uncomfortable to us than the culture shock experienced by a Madrasi in Delhi. Last evening, P Sainath gave a talk in Bangalore. I managed to record the lecture and am uploading it here. The head line is from the talk (with some added SEO). The audio isn't that great but its enough to get the message across.

Why should we respect the Indian parliament?

2011-08-27T11:59:00.000+05:30

Why should we respect the Indian parliament? Because we are under the illusion that India is a functional democracy. Anna Hazare's protests are not undemocratic. Holding the Indian parliament at gun point might have been un democratic if we were in a democracy. There exists no real democracy in India. What we have here is only a crafty illusion of a democracy, conveniently applied, with terms and conditions.

In India, we elect representatives, hoping that they will make laws and policies for us. But when the politician goes to parliament, he does not have the voter in mind. He has the corporates, industrialists and the ultra rich, who tend to gain from policy decisions in mind. Policies are made to make their lives easier and not for the average voter. In the process he makes enough money to fund the next elections. Simply put, the interests of a majority, is being ignored. Or, your vote went to a politician, who just needed it to get to the parliament, so that he can make favorable policies for someone else. Our representative ceases to be our representative. He becomes the representative of a few people who tend to gain. This system does deserve to be called a democracy. This is called a plutocratic oligarchy, where traders and bankers rule the state.

The political problem is clearly explained by Plato.

"Men are not content with a simple life: they are acquisitive, ambitious, competitive and jealous; they soon tire of what they have and pine for what they have not. The result is the encroachment of one group upon the territory of another, the rivalry of groups for the resources of the soil, and then war. Trade and finance develop, and bring new class divisions...a mercantile bourgeois arises, whose members seek social position through wealth and conspicuous consumption: "they will spend large sums of money on their wives." These changes in the distribution of wealth produce political changes: as the wealth of the merchant over reaches that of the land owner, it gives way to a plutocratic oligarchy-- wealthy traders and bankers rule the state. Then statesmanship, which is the coordination of social forces and the adjustment of policy to growth, is replaced by politics, which is the strategy of party and the lust for the spoils of office."1

How true.

A state which claims to be a democracy, must act like one. Ideally, people would like to have the parliament make laws. But when the idea of democracy is conveniently used by the political class, to screw the electorate, its time to perhaps ask, are we really a democracy or a plutocratic oligarchy conveniently dressed up as a democracy?
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1: The story of philosophy, P26.

If you are a news junkie, here-- a motherload of daily fix

2011-08-04T08:49:00.000+05:30

If you are a news junkie, here-- a motherload of daily fix. Its the twitter handle of Indian journalists. I'm not sure who created this document but I have a feeling that it was done by @labnol. So thanks to him/her. The list is not exhaustive or all inclusive. Feel free to add.

NEWSPAPERS

The Indian Express

@SuanshuKhurana
@Harneetsin
@annavetticad

The New Indian Express

@sisir_gupta
@PrabhuChawla
@M0therOfGods
@Deepa_R123

Hindustan Times

@madversity
@virsanghvi
@gchikermane
@nehadara
@jugni_on_acid
@seemagoswami
@pranavdixit
@sonalkalra
@YashicaDutt
@ymjoshi
@yashwantraj
@vinodnairscribe
@lovestruckcow
@meghamahindru

The Hindu

@nramind
@MaliniP
@ananthkrishnan
@ganant
@deepakurup
@tallstories
@venkiteshram
@Amannama
@Vidya_Ram
@SudhishKamath
@JournalistRoy
@ajaxiom
@svaradarajan
@lakshmisharath
@krishashok
@ketaki86
@praveenswami
@svaradarajan

Economic Times

@sruthirk
@thisissrividya
@therealjpk
@hiteshrajbhagat
@karanbajaj
@jojiphilip
@heyyparth

The Times of India

@bpradeepnair
@sreemoytalukdar
@mahafreed
@arorakim
@chidu77
@Ramkamal
@SaritaTanwar
@AshDeshmukh2011
@AdityaRajKaul
@nandibull
@javed_del
@theneela
@sreemoytalukdar

Mid Day

@SachinKalbag
@yoshitasengupta
@deephalder
@shashankshekhar
@lindsaypereira
@SupraMario
@sharinbhatti
@abhijitmajumder
@shynx

Tehelka

@vijsimha
@mriganayanika
@tehelkaimran

Business Standard

@priyankarocks
@nirajb

DNA

@shaaqt
@GauriSinh
@prachikad
@autumnshade
@saikatd
@djoiii
@calamur
@greatbong
@autumnshade
@mihirfadnavis
@AniGuha

Maharashtra Times

@kparaag
@AshishChandorka
@ashokpanvalkar

Sakaal (Marathi)

@samaphadnis

Mint

@sidin
@shukla_tarun
@priyaramani
@geetiga
@zahidjavali
@monikahalan
@samar11
@sanjuktasharma
@espydreams
@mint_ed

Sunday Guardian

@unessentialist

The Pioneer

@KanchanGupta
@offstumped

Bangalore Mirror

@vilakudy

Telegraph

@DelhiDean

MAGAZINES

India Today

@Surruchi
@shilparathnam

Forbes India

@nsramnath
@r0h1n
@indrajitgupta

Money Life

@suchetadalal

Outlook

@Namrata_Joshi
@prattyg
@sunitarora
@sundeepdougal
@mohitsatyanand

Entrepreneur Magazine

@ankushatwork

Filmfare

@jomeera
@jiteshpillaai
@FarhanaFarook

Vogue

@priyankakhanna
@ShrutiThacker
@anupamachopra

Grazia

@Mehernaaz

Frontline

@flvisha

Rolling Stone India

@bobin_james
@deeabolique

Elle India

@nonitakalra

TV / RADIO

NewsX

@J__K_
@pierrefitter

CNBC TV18

@cnbcSri
@NayantaraRai
@anuradhasays
@SuVenk
@AshwinRaghu
@ShrutiR
@AnkitV

NDTV

@PrannoyRoyNDTV
@UmaSudhirNDTV
@BDUTT
@nidhi_razdan
@vikramchandr
@VishnuNDTV
@RajivMakhni
@nazir_masoodi
@NatashaNDTV
@sidpatankar
@SoniaSinghNDTV
@soniandtv
@KulsoomNDTV
@NitinNDTV

CNN-IBN

@sardesairajdeep
@sagarikaghose
@Mrityunjoykjha
@somenm
@ratichaudhary
@Raghav_Bahl
@suhasinih
@pallavighcnnibn
@SumonCNNIBN
@smitharnair
@Samirabbas
@prathibha_ibn
@TMVRaghav
@hrvenkatesh
@palkisu
@jaithemon
@AmritaT
@anubhabhonsle
@Paarull
@GauravCNNIBN
@FatimaKaran
@RajeevMasand
@anuradhasays
@gaurav

IBNLokmat

@ibnlokmatashish
@waglenikhil

IBNLive.com

@Soumyadip
@Arunava
@RuchiraSingh
@PragatiRatti
@TweetingKenny
@Satanmig

Headlines Today

@akashbanerjee
@gauravcsawant
@nandinidurga
@ShivAroor
@PoulomiMSaha
@sabakazi
@rahulkanwal

Times Now

@dhanyarajendran
@sanketupadhyay
@bhavatoshsingh

ET NOW

@shailichopra
@sudhirsyal
@sonalikrishna

Star News

@milindkhandekar

NewsLive

@atanubhuyan
@zarirhussain
@paragaditya

News Today

@kbalakumar

TV9

@tulsidasbhoite

RADIO

Radio Mirchi

@mirchi983FM
@meemeera
@mirchimumbai
@RJShrey
@Mirchipune
@elninowski
@jeeturaaj
@rjsangeeta
@radiosuren

NLINE NEWS

BBC

@rajiniv
@mridubhandari

WSJ India

@RMantri
@harshgpolicy
@RupaSubramanya
@shefalianand
@margheritamvs
@wadhwa

NYT India

@vikasbajaj
@mbahree
@anupamachopra
@lpolgreen

AFP

@adamplow
@akannampilly
@MrBenShep
@philhazlewood

Asia News

@smitaprakash

Rediff

@vickynanjappa
@TheSai
@Toralvaria
@RajaSen

Yahoo

@sumantics
@amitvarma
@deepakshenoy
@mohitsatyanand
@venkatananth
@prempanicker

To be categorized

Freelancers / Multiple Publications

@gopinathmm
@speaktosriram
@indiatravelblog
@lakshmisharath
@ankitagrawal87
@bgmahesh
@jaiarjun
@PatelDevansh
@KomalNahta
@desijourno
@PritishNandy
@MriduKhullar
@2shar
@sunandanlele
@Abhinandanat
@acorn
@cemonde
@pooja1712
@crhemanth

Rising fuel prices, who screwed up?

2011-08-03T17:00:00.000+05:30

From a Malayalam daily's edit I recently read.

By the 1980s, India was almost 70 % self sufficient when it came to petroleum products. The country had an overall vision of becoming self sustainable in terms of its energy needs and was actively working towards it. Loads of money was spent in oil discovery and to set up refineries. This is when Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and other oil PSUs were set up. In 1985, the government made two changes in its outlook. It felt that it is cheaper to import crude oil than exploration. By this time, large corporations like Reliance began increasing their share in oil production. (Which means they reaped the benefits of all the government's effort. Which means, taxpayers money was handed over to private players in a neat thick wad.) It was also a time when energy demands of the country were beginning to increase due to industry friendly and pro rich policies. Instead of encouraging means of alternate transportation, the country subsidized automobiles and private transport in various forms. Instead of encouraging agriculture, and sustainable industries, government encouraged fuel hungry industries. This led to soaring fuel demands. Industries were promoted heavily without keeping in mind the power requirements. India's oil prices were already dependent on world crude prices to a large extent by now because oil was being largely imported and not produced within the country. The next time when inflation hit the roofs, Manmohan Singh had an excuse ready-- We don't control crude prices. Neat.

PS: Italics mine. Some points have been lost in translation. Fuel prices have now been deregulated. Which means the markets control the prices. Which means Indian's have no cushion if prices go north due to the vagaries of demand-supply-hoarding.

Haan, awaara hoon..

2011-07-08T22:41:00.000+05:30

I am a little sad. One of my all time favorite singers is slugging it out in the hospital. Bhupen Hazarika, who has been in the intensive care unit of Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital since last week, is now a little better. But I'm still not optimistic. For a long time now, I've listened to his songs. Beautifully rendered "Aami ek jajabar," and "Ganga amaar ma," are two songs of his I particularly love. Long live.

Hello again!

2011-07-05T08:13:00.000+05:30

Hello there,

I haven't been writing here as often as I used to. For some time, I was saying stuff on Twitter, Facebook etc. But like many have said before me, I find that Twitter is an echo chamber where everyone is shouting to be heard and there are very few listeners. And Facebook is mostly for cat videos. I must admit, as an aspiring writer, I crave for an audience which is intelligent and engaging. Which means, you will see me posting here more often-- maybe once or twice a week. Sometime back when I was churning out stuff for the blog four to six times a week, I began making some mistakes in the posts. Some inaccurate and inane stuff made it into the blog and quality went down the drain. That is when I decided to stop and post less often.

Between my last post and today and business as usual, nothing really interesting has happened. I spent a week in Mumbai. Its a great city if you look at it one way and a pathetic human dump if you look at it in a slightly different manner. One week isn't much time to write a knowing piece about a city like Mumbai which has has been carefully written about by the best of our writers and photographed by the best of our photographers. So I will wait, until I learn more about the city, before I write on it.

Cheers,
JPK