Monthly Archive for June, 2009

Broken Mirrors

I’m so happy.. Cause today I found my friends,
Their in my head.
I’m so ugly.. That’s OK cause so are you,
We’ve broken mirrors.

These lines are from a Nirvana song, Lithium (Nevermind). The line “We’ve broken mirrors” attempts to describe a state of moral decay where values cease to matter. Human, being a social animal, evaluates it’s actions and behaviour against the norms established by the society as a whole. He checks himself out in this social mirror to ensure that it “looks” good. Though this largely fosters hypocrisy, it at least keeps anarchy in check.

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Level 10 crossed. Finally!!

Came across this amazing amazing amazing game few weeks ago, and have been trying to complete it ever since. I recently crossed level 10, only to get stuck at level 11.. ;) . The game is very addictive and is an ultimate time killing weapon (you have to start from Level 1 every time you give it a retry) but it boosts your Geography quotient like anything.

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Contagion

This is an article I wrote sometime back as a reaction to a mishap in Mumbai on New Year eve. I just finished reading “The Tipping Point” by Malcolm Gladwell. It had few examples of social upheaval and even degeneration which I could relate to with this piece.. particularly with it’s last paragraph.

Contagion

1st of January, 2008

Juhu, Mumbai

01:45 am
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