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Elon Musk, Neil Gaiman and the burden of unintended consequences of a large follower base on Twitter

May 30, 2018 by Karthik S

So Elon Musk and Neil Gaiman had a twete-a-twete earlier today. Specifically, Elon was trying to make his point on a damaging article by a journalist who has been anti-Musk and has been deleting tweets where she was abrasive anti-Musk (leaving only…

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India through the eyes of the British, almost a century ago, in a bungalow built by the British!

May 5, 2018 by Karthik S

I loved the stay at Valparai’s . We have been planning a trip to Valparai since 2013, but it finally materialized only now. It is a heritage bungalow, almost a century old and every piece of furniture and carefully collected item placed…

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Food for thought on Freshmenu’s magazine, Food For Thought

February 27, 2018 by Karthik S

I tried FreshMenu’s Dragon Noodles with Veggie Dumplings 2 weeks ago, while in office, and loved it. I immediately made a note to order it once at home since my wife and son would love it too. So, last Sunday, we ordered…

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The power of words, as a cycle – literally, notionally and literally

February 8, 2018 by Karthik S

I read Max Barry’s novel Lexicon 2-3 years ago. It was a fascinating read about an exclusive, secretive school where students are taught to harness the hidden power of language to manipulate the mind. Literally, they learn phrases, which, when uttered, makes…

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The Mann Ki Baat marvel

January 29, 2018 by Karthik S

Without getting into the good, bad, right or wrong of the Narendra Modi Government, one thing I’m massively impressed with is his communication strategy. I wrote about one facet of it, in 2014 (), but let me mention about another facet, in…

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Stars – from TV to movies to OTT?

January 18, 2018 by Karthik S

We still fondly recall that Shah Rukh Khan started with television (Fauji) and then became a superstar in films. Then, for the longest time, moving from TV to films was the norm. Even today, we talk of Sushant Singh Rajput moving successfully…

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Smartphones as a brand-agnostic commodity?

December 13, 2017 by Karthik S

I’m hugely into science fiction. Or, as the current terminology goes in the US, ‘I’m bigly into sci-fi’. Across books I listen to (audiobooks is my favorite mode of book ‘consumption’ given the amount of time I spend on Bengaluru roads) and…

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