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Simplicity Rules?

Internet has made impossible things possible! There were days when authors, directors were anonymous people or just a famous name. Today everyone is a celebrity and that fact has made their accessibility to the fans much simpler! I reckon this fact cause its almost unbelievable how easily I interact with one of my favorite author, Amish Tripathi , who has just shot up to glory as his first book is a bestseller and he has people anxious waiting for the sequel. All thanks to Twitter. This morning I read a note by him on his FB page about how he chose the color of his book covers. The explanation was partially scientific and partially spiritual. Reading that made me realize that writing in itself reaches high standards if its practised by highly intellectual person. Something I feel lacking in the writing of the likes of Chetan Bhagat . Not that they are any less of a work. Just that they are simplistic in nature. And such works are much required in the market. There is no doubt if it h...

Treadmill

Two weeks after I arrived in Bangalore, I got a chance of watching a play at a Ranga Shankara theatre here. After googling about it. I had planned to reach the place little early and spend some time alone there before the rendezvous with friends. Ranga Shankara reminded me of Jawahar Kala Kendra (JKK) for obvious reasons. Although area wise it is essentially a small place and is limited to theatre unlike JKK. Best part of such culture centric place always happens to be the coffee shop. Ambience of the open cafeteria and the energy exhibited by the art-embracing crowd gives a feeling of a parallel universe. A universe where Monday and Sunday are just like all the other days of the week; where words are not just uttered but are spoken; where every individual is unique; where meaning is more important than the reasoning…. Well in short a place where I can think anything i want, be anything I want and no one will judge me! Chai brewing my thoughts made it a perfect start to the ev...