“Over the last few years citizens questioning government has been frowned upon. Now elected MPs can’t do it either, as question hour goes out of the window.
Jeez, Corona mask is powerful.
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Serenity prayer for Software Engineers
Here is a serenity prayer for software engineers
Just a few characters
“The Twitter account of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s website narendramodi.in was hacked early on Thursday morning with hackers attempting to solicit cryptocurrency from his followers.” – The Hindu today (Sep3, 2020) Jeez!, a leader’s credentials compromised? (no pun intended!). In the old days, we valued one’s character, now we value the ‘characters’ of digital identity! Funny that these ‘characters’ can be used to compromise one’s character. Huh, technology.
Renaming
“Guess PUBG was banned because it has the wrong ‘G’ at the end, the cause of all our ills. Hmmm, maybe change to PUBji will change the fortune? After all, renaming is how we solve problems, no?
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QED
“-23.9% eh? We will remove these 118 apps from all Indian phones.
What is the connection between these two? Nothing. Just like a lot of actions done, just like new age media reporting.
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Jini.
“When people add ‘ji’ to your name, you know that you have gained respect.
When you add ‘ni’ to your name, then you are ready for a lot of gains in business.
So, what do you like to add to your name?!
Note: The meaning of ‘Jini’ in Sanskrit is victorious.
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Nation building
“Clapping, lighting lamps and now meme competition, a super way to make citizens participate in nation building, no?
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One rupee
“When I was a young boy, I looked forward to Vishukani. Our neighbours were Malayalis and on this day, I had to go their house as soon I got up, eyes closed, to be opened at their Puja room. Then we would be given a shiny One rupee coin as gift. Princely sum it was then. And later the wonderful sweet dish Ada Pradhaman.
On a different note, today on the day of Onam, a famous civil rights lawyer in India was given an option to ‘donate’ Re 1 to the Supreme court, else be arrested. Sir, guess in this case, you need to close your eyes and give it no!
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Bard of sillycon
In these times where media is loud, shrill and scary, what can one do ? Well I just twist it and make fun of it creating sillycon* . Disaffected, as I am the ‘Bard of sillycon’.
Now & Then
As I hurtle through life , I suddenly feel a distinct shift of times. Forward we would to say and believe, it feels retrograde to me. Powered by tech, fuelled by greed, mangled by past, confused by modernism, it just seems less human. Am I becoming old & senile? Maybe. My creative take on this as “Now & Then”, a reaction to the news, views, behaviours, reactions that pounds us daily.