A collection of Young Musings

Inspired by the video “Look up", I have decided to experiment on making my smartphone a “dumbphone" and hence disconnect myself from the virtual world. The video was not my only inspiration for taking this step. It certainly helped me to make this decision faster. My other inspiration to disconnect myself from the so called online social world was the constant guilt I felt for not doing what I am supposed to do and wasting my time endlessly. Since it's inception and rise to popularity, social networking sites have successfully wasted people's millions of hours- the time they could have utilized to do something productive. Smartphones and tablets have insured we are never away from our loved ones. But is liking someone's photo really connecting them to you? Is this the best way to show someone that you care for them? Are you really a great dad if you can't keep your child entertained without an ipad? Have you not become one of those persons who write “Happy m...

I have read many novels but I do not feel like reviewing them on this blog- book reviews do not actually fit into the theme of this blog. But seeing the popularity of Chetan Bhagat's novels in India [and because of the fact that I had preordered the novel ;-) ] I do feel obliged to let my readers know about my feelings on the novel. Novel-Half Girlfriend Author-Chetan Bhagat Pages-260 Publication-RUPA Rating- 2.5/5 I am not a Chetan Bhagat fan, but his immense popularity makes his novels kind of a very common subject to talk about and I do not want to miss being not in a discussion just because I did not read a novel. That's my reason for reading this novel- because everyone has to. The novel starts with our protagonist Madhav getting admission in a prestigious college of Delhi from management quota in sports (we get to know that he is a state level basketball player). Madhav is a Bihari boy, belonging to a small village.  He meets Riya at the baketball court and soon t...