Problem of Choice – Pick-up Truck vs Luxury Sedan

Yup, the title is confusing. How does a person cross-shop between two products that serve purposes of polar-opposite nature? Well, the person has to have a bend towards daily usability, potent ability and comfortable commute all at once. It does not involve scrutiny of how great the in-car entertainment or luxury is on offer (Okay,…

Why Mahatma Gandhi deserves respect

Book: Gandhi – A Spiritual Biography Author: Arvind Sharma Publisher: Hachette India Price: Rs 299 Writing a book and marketing it are different things. While a writer can be commented upon only after his/her work has been gone through, marketing is a different business. Take, for instance, Gandhi – A Spiritual Biography. It has all…

This prisoner is on a mission

Book: The Prisoner Author: Omar Shahid Hamid Publisher: Pan McMillan Price: Rs 205 Shawshank Redemption was the first thought that came to my head when I was done reading Omar Shahid Hamid’s The Prisoner. Honestly, it was a strange feeling too as the film was not even quite on the same scale in terms of violence…

The element of choice needs to exist

Recently, the Kerala High Court had to order a girl to talk to her parents. Why? Because they did not approve of her relationship with another girl, leading to a scenario where the girl refused to speak to them and went to live with her partner. This was one of those rare cases where something…

Muscle cars deserve better treatment

Pony cars… Does that ring a bell in your head? Yes, they are the American alternatives for those who want a performance car but at a bargain. They are also called muscle cars as they really do have a lot of muscle for the price they come for. They cost few bucks to own and…

Memories of an out-of-production car

Being a bit of a fanatic that I am about things that shout technology, I have a lot more respect for analog stuff than digital. Digitisation has made that binary code reading process way more complex than it should have. It reminds me of a time when you had reliability getting more prominence than power,…