Online identity and faint pencil lines

A few days ago, I changed the look and feel of this blog and didn’t explain it. The change had a lot to do with drawing lines between personal and public selves and explaining my motives, I felt, would be counterproductive. I’ve changed my mind since then because this whole business of drawing lines is [...]

The Next Episode and solitary pleasures

Is it just me or does anyone else find Nokia’s “the next episode is about to begin” commercial a bit disturbing? I mean, it’s really slick and artistic with all these staccato images, a Philip Glass song in the background and a voice-over that alternates between sounding like George Clooney and Brad Pitt, but I [...]

Resisting Coastal Invasions

Whose sea is it anyway? The question begs an answer. Increasingly, the coast is under threat from industries like sand mining, tourism and organized fisheries which erode the rich ecosystem and threaten the rights of traditional fishing communities. The only piece of legislation that stands between these forces and the sea is the Coastal Regulation [...]