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Writer poet John P Matthew's daily musings, raves and rants.
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Be Prepared to Be X-rayed, Stripped, Humiliated
Guess one has to live the life of an over-protected, under-privileged human being from now on. So shout it from the rooftops: “you will never be free to walk into a library, a railway station, a government office without being frisked, stared, x-ra...
My Interview in Webneetech. Hubris? Nah. Well deserved? Yes.
It feels nice to be interviewed for a change, though it took a long time coming. For most of my life I was at the wrong end of the mike or recorder, I now feel. Ah! But that’s just hubris, nah, it’s a well-deserved hubris, me thinks. After all, a...
Television, Movies, and a Lack of Indian-ness
I like to make these comparisons, now that my writing work can resume. The laptop has come back after repairs with a new keyboard, there’s a nip in the air, the dam where I go for a walk-cum-trot is chilly early in the morning, and I relish what li...
What’s “Kachha” What’s “Pucca”, Gormint Decides!
It’s a shame that the Gormint discriminates when giving what it calls “relief” to flood-hit people of Northern Karnataka in the districts of Dharwad, Haveri, Gadag, Bijapur, Bagalkot and Belgaum. These districts have been badly affected by the ...
Bloggers, Facebookers, Tweeters Rejoice - the Future Is User-generated Content
Bloggers, Facebookers, Tweeters rejoice, the future of the internet is user generated content – that too real time user generated - according to this article quoting Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Excerpt: “It's because of this fundamental shift towa...
Lest We Forget That Night...
He is a sad old man selling boiling gram on Azad Maidan. He does a day job somewhere and sqats opposite the Bombay Gymkhana facing the Municipal Corporation building across from the cricket pitches of Bombay’s landmark green area. He has eyes that ...
