FB Detox For A Purposeful Life

FB Detox For A Purposeful Life

  I became a citizen of the Facebook universe in circa 2006 and tasted for the first time, the pleasures of rampant social networking. Despite coming from the professional field of Public Relations and having represented the buzzing world of hotels for the better part of my career, I always seemed to saddle the fence between extroversion and […]

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Unfriending Virtual Ghosts

Unfriending Virtual Ghosts

Many years ago,  actor Matt Damon ‘dumped’ (yes, that is the word that was bandied around) Minnie Driver, his co-star in Good Will Hunting and then girlfriend, on The Oprah Winfrey Show and even though those were relatively innocent times (and private relationships were  not managed or mismanaged in full public view to the extent […]

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Virtual Is Not Real

Virtual Is Not Real

These days social media or messaging services are often used as a method of  sharing an invitation or for conveying greetings (birthday/marriage/first child et etc). We know so many people now that sending a personal invite to each one is not feasible. The world is fast paced and there just isn’t enough time.Not ignoring the fact […]

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Art On Wheels

Art On Wheels

At first glance the Scorpio that Delhi-based artist-brothers Manil and Rohit Gupta have driven down in looks like a blown up toy straight out of a comic book. Look closer and the spontaneously drawn organic forms, graffiti, speech bubbles, street art, language from everyday life, all come together like a thoughtfully executed painting that has […]

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At Face Value?

At Face Value?

When Facebook introduced its “like” button, the idea was liked across the social networking site. The lazy ones liked it because instead of having to undertake the arduous task of having to type “hot” or “awesome” or even “nice” in the comments box, they could just click on the button and carry on with their […]

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Cyber Granny

Cyber Granny

It’s because I grew up in the last century, my romantic vision of myself as a nice little grey haired old granny who lives in a cottage that is always ripe with the smell of cakes baking belongs back there too.That was my grandma. She grew flowers, baked delicious puddings and granted me the absolute freedom to run barefooted through her village and spend long days fishing or idling in a tree with a book in hand

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