Roshan Radhakrishnan's Blog, page 62

To boldly go where no phone has gone before

In the late 90s, watching people walking around with flip phones and talking while walking on the streets was a sign of a higher status. It was THE modern gadget of the day unlike the traditional phones back at home where we placed our fingers on each number and rotated the dial for each number individually to call somebody. The mobile was a cool gadget that could actually fit in our pockets. We did not have to by heart phone numbers anymore! Or need a calendar to see the date! It even had an...

The ones who never get applauded

A scene I witnessed while waiting
at the railway station
That auto driver is not Neymar or Messi. He is not Modi or Rahul. He is not a superstar and will never feature in any newspaper. 
He is, however, the only auto driver who stopped to help an old man struggling to walk who had been trying unsuccessfully to hail an auto rickshaw (at an auto stand, no less). Unlike the other drivers who felt it would be too much of a burden for them to make an extra effort for an old man with a...

Snoopy - A Dogyear later

*Phone rings*Me: Hello.Voice: This is Blah Blah Couriers. We have a parcel for you. Where does your house come exactly?Me: Do you know Saint Micheals School? From there you take the first right and then ask around.Voice: Ask what?Me: You can ask for me, the name in the courier. Haven’t you heard of me?Voice: (pauses to read name on parcel) No sir.Me: I’m an internationally famous* author.        (*in my house only.)Voice: Sorry. Never heard of such a name.Me: I’m...

Who's gonna win the FIFA 2014 World Cup?

And so it finally begins.
The FIFA 2014 World Cup is finally here and if you thought IPL got people excited, you have to see the frenzy here in Kerala. Flags of Brazil and Argentina are flying high and banners proclaiming allegiance to Italy and England are visible across many streets.



This time around, I'm personally not so confident about who is gonna win the cup - there are many underdogs who are performing well and a few heavyweights who seem to be faltering as the countdown to the tourname...

" I - An anthology "

After a brief hiatus, I'm back on the "my short story got published" bandwagon.


Featured in FirstStep PavingWays "I - An anthology", this one differs from most of the stories I've written over the last 12 months because it is based on a true story. The publishers looked to see how various authors in India would use the simple premise of the word "I" to narrate a tale (The book cover itself plays upon that theme, with the word "I" shown in various languages).
It seems ironic that it took a long...

What Maya Angelou's words meant to me...

When WriteTribe asked us to choose a Maya Angelou quote as our inspiration to write, for me it was a pretty easy choice to make.

Her recent demise brought her back into the limelight with people waxing eloquent on her impact while others searched online to see who this celebrity was that they had not heard of before or seen on Page 3. That last bit did not really surprise me because Maya Angelou was never a celebrity or diva. She was many things during many phases of her life - author, poet, t...

Asian Paints "Aquadur PU: Luxury Aqua Wood Finish" - Review

Awhile back, Blogadda had teamed up with Asian Paints for a intriguing venture. They asked bloggers from God's own Country, Kerala, if they would like to have the natural good looks of any wooden surface in their residence preserved and in fact enhanced by Asian Paints new product - Aquadur PU Luxury Aqua Wood Finish. I was lucky to get shortlisted from among the many who raised their hands across several cities including Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi for this unique opportunity.

One...

Specs or no specs: Your opinion

A recent discussion with an ophthalmologist brought up a curious question. Thanks to the availability of many invasive and non-invasive procedures, presently we are able to do away with prescription glasses too if desired. There are quite a decent number of youngsters undergoing the procedure too, walking in during their lunch break for a 10 minute laser surgery and heading back home to wake up the next morning specs-free. We know that the surgery corrects vision anomalies. But we were wonder...

Godzilla - Movie review

(SPOILER FREE)

When the first teaser trailor for Godzilla was shown to an unsuspecting crowd at Comic Con in 2011, they chose to use the quote from Oppenheimer (inventor of the atomic bomb) taken from the Bhagavad Gita as part of the voiceover for the trailor. It was the moment when Krishna chooses to reveal his true omnipotent form as Lord Vishnu to Arjuna who is sitting disillusioned at the battlefield. Vishnu shows him that he has nothing to fear since the most indestructable force known i...

The scheming doc

Can you feel the change in the air? That glorious moment when we stop bleeding blue and develop new shades of yellow, violet and even florescent orange within our blood. That moment when Anderson and Pollard are suddenly our chaddi-dosts and we pray to Joginder Sharma (the pagan God of Cricket, for those who don't know) for the early dismissals of Dhoni and Kohli.

Yup... IPL is back.

Of course, you guys are so lucky! You can cough over the phone and tell your boss you're feeling sick and need t...