The Other Side of Life

I had an interesting conversation with a colleague today. While licking away wisps of Avakkai (Andhra Pickle) from someone's plate, he commented that our generation is not working hard enough to preserve the talents of our past generations. The case in point being rare, non-re-creatable recipes, with the potential to cause foodgasms. And also some arts. I agree. Only that, I don't completely agree. I mean, yes, we have failed our ancestors miserably in keeping their traditions alive. I cannot imagine ever making a Sambhar like my Mom or home-made crackers, like my great-grandmom. However, I don't agree that we are talentless. We did not preserve their traditions because we were busy developing new talents. Let's give ourselves some credit. *round of applause* I know for a fact, that 100 years from today, my descendants will be discussing my talents too. I can imagine it. *Start of Visualization* A bunch of ugly teenagers (ugly because I am a 100% c...

I always take pride in knowing that all my blogposts have an underlying theme. That of humour, reality, depth, satire, laughter, truth and me. So today, I decided to do a little experiment - to try and bring out all these underlying emotions in a single line blogpost. Here goes: <start of post> I am getting married in 4 days. <end of post> Funny, Deep, true, laughter and me. See you on the other side of bachelorhood, readers. Wish me luck! Cheers, Preeks!

I don't think we stress enough on change. Everything around us changes at breakneck speeds and we refuse to go along. Hang on by the skin of our teeth. Take for instance, how we entertain our kids. Story-telling. No harm, really. But the same old stories? I mean, everything that sets up contexts for these stories has changed. Then why expect kids to relate to the "Once Upon a Time" stories. Fear not. Yours Truly is on the case, as always.  I tried to modernize some of the classic moral stories, for our future generations. For your perusal wonly, this: 1. The Classic Story About Unity Original Story:  Once upon a time, there was an old man, who had three sons. All three would always quarrel amongst themselves. When the old man fell sick, he was very worried that his sons would continue fighting after he died. So, he called them to his bed and gave each of them a stick. He told them to try and break the stick. Pooh. Very simple. In one attempt, ...

The problem with taking strong stands is that at times, you end up taking a stand for the sake of taking it, and hence, end up weakening your cause. The case in point being the new Airtel Ad. Have you seen it? Is it regressive? Is it progressive? Should she be shown cooking? Should she be the boss? Meh. My opinion is this. Its neither progressive, not regressive. Its a just a little bit stupid. Again, this is my opinion. Please allow me to explain. In my limited experience, this is how the work-life balance equation pans out: In other words, what I am saying is this: Case 1: Low Proximity to Boss When you and your boss limit your interactions to mails that start with FYI and end with "Regards" When you have to set up a calendar invite to see his face once a week When you present something to the outside world and he asks you questions there, like he has uncovered your awesomeness there and then Verdict: Your work-life balance is as safe as it could ...

Words are never enough to describe what we feel. So, I decided to take it upon myself to create some new words for convenience. Of course, I mailed the list to Oxford. While they mull over my genius, I decided to share the list here too. Consider this an exclusive preview! Feel free to use them. No royalty whatsoever! ********************************************************* blothargy /blo-thar-gy/ Noun 1. Lethargy related to blogging Adjective 1. The feeling of wanting to blog, but not wanting to lift a finger:  "I want to write about FIFA, but I feel blothargic today." ********************************************************* stratmonger /strat-mon-ger/ Noun 1. One who attempts to spread fear among normal, happy people with usage of terms of and related to "strategy":  "My boss is never invited to meetings. He is a stratmonger, you know." #TrueStory 2. A species of fearmongers in the corporate world *******************************...