Suresh Chandrasekaran's Blog, page 49

An offer you cannot refuse?

I know that the very moment you hear that 'An offer you cannot refuse', especially from me, you are all afire to say, "Oh yeah? Watch me do it" (Not being Don Corleone is SUCH a handicap). See that squiggly vertical line at the end of it with a dot below? THAT's to cater to people like you. So, this offer is about what Amazon calls a 'Countdown deal'. My book - "A dog eat dog-food world" -

Posts galore

I have practically been typing one blog post with my left hand and one with my right. When people offer to help spread the word of your book, you find your imagination strangely stimulated for the blog posts that they want to go with it. I know...I know...you practically have the news of my book leaking through your ears but what can I say? It still is not sufficient to sell enough books to

Eventually - I write

Writing is a passion that one develops when one starts reading, especially at a young age. There is something about being able to transport others into situations of your making and involving them in the lives of characters from your imagination that is incredibly exciting. The problem, though, is that making a living from writing is as incredibly tough and the idea of starving in a garret for

Resolved

All right! So New Year 2016 has kicked out the old year and occupied its place in our dates. Whenever this coup happens, as it happens every year, we humans sit around listing out all the things that we think we ought to be doing, rather than what we actually like doing, and call them resolutions. I, being no rebel and wanting desperately to BELONG, have always observed this religious practice.

A Christmas whimsy

The last bell jingled and he climbed off wearily wiping the sweat from his brow (in the North Pole!). He had no breath left even for one 'HoHoHo!' Being stuck with distributing toys to children, and going 'HoHoHo' while doing so, had seemed so much fun when it all started. But, then, those had been times when children actually hung up socks at night and eagerly opened them in the morning;

Obsessive

"You know this odd-and-even rule that is getting applied in Delhi..." "That 'odd' reminds me. You know the odd thing is that even though I have a book published..." Giving up the esoteric ways of Delhi traffic as a topic, my friend plunged into the next. "Really, the way the media dealt with the Chennai rains..." "I know. My promo messages of my book just got flooded out on Social media

Learning social media lingo

"You know that smiley - the colon-bracket one.." "Yes!" I said proudly. "I have mastered its use." "Actually, you know, it is not meant to be used as a period. You do not need to put it in after every sentence." "I don't put it in after every sentence", I said indignantly. "I also use that colon-P thing every now and then." "Exactly what I mean. It is perfectly OK to write sentences in Social

Flooded out

After a hectic meeting on deciding what the Nation ought to know and who were to be on the panel so that they could be shushed by the host, it was time for some relaxation. The Editor let his hair down, just to let people know he did have hair to let down (Unlike me? Yes. So?) Eager-beaver 1: Sir, there is something amusing on social media. Everyone is talking of some Chennai which is

Much ado about intolerance

Call me stupid, if you will (WHAT? You do not need an invitation? You would do it anyway?), but I really did not understand what this brouhaha about intolerance was all about. I mean, humanity has always been intolerant. Comes of climbing down from trees but not leaving all the animal instincts behind, I suppose (that one, specifically, of fearing strangers). Anyone, who is not one of 'us', has

My 400th post: Thank You

This is my 400th blog post. The trouble is to get people, who know me in person, to believe that I have written 400 posts. "You mean you really know how to string words together to form a coherent sentence?", asks one, as surprised as though I had claimed to walk on water. "Well! He is over 50. He must have learned something, I suppose", says the other, sounding not particularly convinced