The Dream Is No More A Dream
Early 2016. An open-mic comedy night is in progress at Take 5, Bangalore . Aamer Peeran–possibly one of the wackiest comics around–is on stage, eating shit like it’s Thai food. Only a few days back he’d opened for Matt Davis and killed it, like a boss. Matt, sitting by the bar, smiles at Aamer’s predicament. As […]
A Long Cherished Dream
So all the readers of my blog, all three of you, yes, here is why I was not updating my blog. Read no? The past three years were tough. I quit my job, became a stay-at-home-dad, rekindled the chase of a long cherished dream: writing. I started writing very early in life. I used to […]
The Personable Manual
Why do product manuals sound formal and stiff-upper-lipped? Why don’t users read manuals? These questions have haunted the hallowed precincts of Technical Writing for quite some time now. From what I have seen in Indian writers, I am forced to conclude that English Composition, as we were taught in school, is the culprit. Our merit […]
Use it before you write it.
From the Nikkor ED 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D VR Review (emphasis is mine): [quote]Here’s the warning in the manual: “When the camera is pointed down, be careful not to hold the lens at the very end as indicated by the black marks in Fig. F, because the zoom ring or focus ring may rotate and pinch your […]
Khalid Hosseini: Master Story-teller
Just finished reading his first novel, The Kite Runner. It is a lesson in the art of story-telling. The so called purists may scoff at his rather straightforward style; or his in-the-face, cliched plot movement. But, if one has to go by success and acclaim that a work attracts, Khalid is indeed, a master. I […]