Archive for May, 2008



Musing of the day- On structured authoring

Published on May 8, 2008

“What is needed on the content assembly line are writers who know how to build single sentences from a few fragments of information and who can do this all day long. A structured-authoring assembly line is not so much a “creative” environment as it is an assembly environment.”
- Eric Kuhnen
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“Daddy, teach me how to pray!”

Published on May 7, 2008

So I decided to enjoy the celebration and here the message. I shifted focus to the actual content of the legends and songs that the lead singer of the troupe were rendering. I ignored the well-known lyrics of the movie song that played in my ears; I started following the words and the movements of the troupe. But alas! My absurd mind failed to appreciate their efforts.


Musing of the day- On looking ahead

Published on May 6, 2008

It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.


Musing of the day- On the future

Published on May 5, 2008

”Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”


Double(d) Income

Published on May 4, 2008

“Congratulations! I heard your income got doubled.” A friend enthusiastically shook my hand. I gave him a wry look.
I thought he was rubbing salt on my fresh wounds; the abrasion caused by my less than 5% annual pay hike!  
The friend read my confusion, and clarified, “Congratulations on your marriage. Isn’t it the easiest way to double [...]


In the name of God …

Published on May 1, 2008

This is the biggest success of the script writer, who managed to weave the threads of hope and peace in a movie that is primarily about fear, desperation, dejection, mental and physical trauma, and also the sad plight of women.