I was wondering if I should be posting this, but after these posts, I could not resist. And I do not consider myself to be any authority on the same, but anyway, my 2p: Guys, you may be right, but I think you got it wrong. If you have read the Ode to the Nice Guys, you’ll get what I mean, I think. I am really not in a mood to explain, so sorry about that, but think about it. Maybe, in some other post…
I was wondering if I should be posting this, but after these posts, I could not resist. And I do not consider myself to be any authority on the same, but anyway, my 2p: Guys, you may be right, but I think you got it wrong. If you have read the Ode to the Nice Guys, you’ll get what I mean, I think. I am really not in a mood to explain, so sorry about that, but think about it. Maybe, in some other post…
There are many proofs: The Times of India, Mumbai edition, 25th January, 2006 has an article on the front page about the big AB not being able to shoot episodes for KBC2 due to his prolonged recovery process. The last line in that article: KBC has becomes recognized all over the world. It now even has it’s own Wikipedia entry. Now, that’s something. A print media recognizing the internet. Wow. IRCTC, the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation, which is incidentally, also responsible for selling tickets to passengers online, has brought about some welcome innovations. The best among them is the concept of e-ticketing: You can buy your ticket online, paying by credit card, and print it yourself. And this can be done as close as 4 hours before the departure of the train, that is, till the reservation charts are printed. (Of course, the real kick would be complete automation, even while the train chugs out of the station, but that’s still some time away.) My family plans intra-city travelling using the internet at times. The BEST Undertaking web-site has a great number of resources, including bus fares, routes, and timings. How’s that? Dad uses Google Earth to take prints of the route his tourists would be taking on their trip in India. Goes well with them, they love the additional effort, though it really isn’t that much. And it gives me a great learning of the geography. My college now accepts online registrations for the Sports and Cultural events. The IEEE student branch has a web-site of their own. Of course, how much of it will ever be updated continually, is another thing, but it’s a start. We use our class group to circulate announcements and the like… So how has the internet improved your life? Has it delivered?
There are many proofs: The Times of India, Mumbai edition, 25th January, 2006 has an article on the front page about the big AB not being able to shoot episodes for KBC2 due to his prolonged recovery process. The last line in that article: KBC has becomes recognized all over the world. It now even has it’s own Wikipedia entry. Now, that’s something. A print media recognizing the internet. Wow. IRCTC, the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation, which is incidentally, also responsible for selling tickets to passengers online, has brought about some welcome innovations. The best among them is the concept of e-ticketing: You can buy your ticket online, paying by credit card, and print it yourself. And this can be done as close as 4 hours before the departure of the train, that is, till the reservation charts are printed. (Of course, the real kick would be complete automation, even while the train chugs out of the station, but that’s still some time away.) My family plans intra-city travelling using the internet at times. The BEST Undertaking web-site has a great number of resources, including bus fares, routes, and timings. How’s that? Dad uses Google Earth to take prints of the route his tourists would be taking on their trip in India. Goes well with them, they love the additional effort, though it really isn’t that much. And it gives me a great learning of the geography. My college now accepts online registrations for the Sports and Cultural events. The IEEE student branch has a web-site of their own. Of course, how much of it will ever be updated continually, is another thing, but it’s a start. We use our class group to circulate announcements and the like… So how has the internet improved your life? Has it delivered?
I don’t know what happened, or how it came to this. But is sure has happened. I am suffering from deep seated ennui. I can’t figure any point at all. I seem to have lost direction. I have no clue why I am doing all the stuff I am. Or not doing the stuff I am not. I continue to plod along, but there’s definitely no purpose in sight. It’s so pathetic and sad, I can’t get over it. This week has been the real nadir, have absolutely done nothing productive. Or enjoyed it, for that matter. It was never this way. Something got lost somewhere along the journey. I think it’s what we call, in hindsight, the soul . I guess I’m just frustrated at the things that are the way they are, and though I am capable and want to, I can’t or won’t do a thing to set things right. It’s stupid. And I’m just tired of this exact feeling as well. I just don’t know anymore.
Two days back, I was talking to a friend over the ubiquitous messenger, while simultaneously reading the Times of India, talk about multi-tasking. And I was ranting about how there is no index for the newspaper. I mean, think about it, wouldn’t it be great to have a table of contents or index of some sorts on the very front page of the newspaper? You could glance across it and decide what you are going to read over the course of time. Like plan what pages to go through when you are enjoying the morning visit to the loo, and what to read when you don’t have the time (or the inclination) but must still glance at. Then, as if there was a hidden microphone or something, they took my idea. The very next day they published an index in the Times of India, right on the front page, and have been doing it since then. It’s not exactly the way I wanted it, but then again, it’s a start. But seriously, what the hell?
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