B-Log

By common accusation, Keralites are news hungry by heredity. They have an incurable craving for news in whatever shape it comes. The morning rush for the newspaper  or the extreme discomfort a newspaperless day creates exemplifies the same fixation. But is it not perplexing that even after the TV   has entrenched as a staple daily experience in the lives of an average Keralite,  craving for news has not yet diminished? A state where there are plenty more news channels in the local language, scrolling news incessantly on the  bottom scroll bars  and through the (wise) mouths of the newsreaders,  the news craze is still more robust.  Where does this urge to know the 'new' come from? At its bottom the desire to know what is happening around you could be a natural inclination of the social commitment of an individual who is living in a community. In the contemporary idiom, it means to be 'connected'. To be in the know of what happens to the people around you c

Railways is the real place to be in if one doesn't have any intention to  go anywhere! Next to those who derive pleasure from the undertaking of journeys, those Who frequent the place for no particular reason could be the ones who enjoy the place. Just be in the railway station. Be there. Don't walk in with intentions, whether it be reserving a ticket or seeing off a friend or to receive the family. Whether it be checking the train timing or train availability. Just be there. That will do the trick for sure.  The Railways station is a place were you can go and simply be. In the middle of those who are keen to get on with their traveling lives, or those who need to be with with those who love the travelers lives, you will be placed with no strings attached. The strings of a train to arrive and to rush into with luggage, the string which pulls you to empty seats or the strings of those to be received don't hold you here. Watch the people around.  Numberless tr