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This is my first attempt to write about technology, so excuse my lack of knowledge or inability to highlight essential features which you think are great. Do feel free to comment if there is anything out of place. I read a comic strip the other day, which went on to say that the debate on mobile platforms of Android and iOS is currently so vast that people declare their allegiance before getting into it; ready to play bloodsport to defend their choices. We should of course take this in good humor, but when you think about it, politics, poverty, famines, floods are topics that will be discussed at the water cooler for a brief period until you take that phone out of your pocket. It is the beginning of a new topic, the new age battle of specifications. For some reason, it reminds me of trump cards I used to play when I was a kid. 'Dual core processor? Lame! Mine is a quad core'. With all due respect, I'm not sure how many even know the difference. They might be perplexed wh...

Conversations generally end with some good ideas as long as you don't try too hard to have the final say. Two such discussions took place on conditioning of the mind and the life of ordinary folk. There were so many nuances that I had not thought about myself and probably never would have, since listening keeps your ears open and mouth shut. Like I mentioned in an earlier post, we can only talk and express our views on things that we come across everyday; things that we experience without our knowledge that lead to extraordinary learning at a later stage in life. From a very young age, at least in my experience, we are pushed to be as competitive as possible. Now, let's not have any religious debates on whether the west is better than the east in terms of freedom and flexibility given to kids. It's a vast topic and has occupied some great minds for a long time. I'm talking about simple everyday tasks that we do. A casual game of cricket in your backyard is supposed t...