I often post articles and features that I like on Twitter and Facebook. But these places are so overcrowded that it is sometimes difficult to extract and even remember what I posted a while back. Hence, I have decided to create a blog post with tags that will make it easy to refer to a good article that I read.
My father read extensively and wrote extensively as well. In his heyday he ordered a number of newspapers and periodicals. In his bid to categorize his readings, and also for easy recall, he had built up a system of saving newspaper cuttings of the articles he read. He would then put them in file folders meticulously.
It was quite common for us to open a newspaper and find windows cut into it. Magazines met the same fate. There was a time when my father would cut out the advertisements from the magazines because he felt they were unnecessary. Visitors to our house would stop short when they saw the entire house covered with books, magazines and newspapers. The floors were laid out with newspaper cuttings that awaited being categorized and put away.
When we were young, my father sent us a scrapbook with pictures and captions. They were clippings of pictures from various magazines that were stuck in a scrapbook. Thinking back, I am not sure that my father made those himself. Maybe he got help from some student of his. I remember being charmed by them. Once of twice, I made similar picture scrapbooks and gifted them to friends.
Now, I realize the importance of those saved articles, when I rack my brains to remember something I had read but cannot recall the specifics. With all these tools on internet available to us, it is easy to store stuff electronically. So here goes my first digest.
Today's Literary Review by The Hindu had some good articles. I loved the few books of Krishna Sobti that I read recently. There was a nice article on her in this pullout. Here is a link to article, "A strong voice". I liked this review of Geeta Hariharan's book, "Almost Home", in the same magazine.
In today's Indian Express, I came across this profile of a man who is in charge of the meteorological department of J&K, and found it quite interesting. "The Rainspotter", a day in the life of Sonum Lotus. The article was laudatory to him. When I checked him out on twitter, he was being flooded with bad press, accused of making false predictions. It is so hard to know what is correct and what is not correct, in these days of information overload.
Finally, a humorous piece in Eye Magazine of Indian Express from my favorite author, Ranjit Lal. It is titled "The Indian Driver's Handbook" and is accompanied by a delightful, Mario-esque illustration.
My father read extensively and wrote extensively as well. In his heyday he ordered a number of newspapers and periodicals. In his bid to categorize his readings, and also for easy recall, he had built up a system of saving newspaper cuttings of the articles he read. He would then put them in file folders meticulously.
It was quite common for us to open a newspaper and find windows cut into it. Magazines met the same fate. There was a time when my father would cut out the advertisements from the magazines because he felt they were unnecessary. Visitors to our house would stop short when they saw the entire house covered with books, magazines and newspapers. The floors were laid out with newspaper cuttings that awaited being categorized and put away.
When we were young, my father sent us a scrapbook with pictures and captions. They were clippings of pictures from various magazines that were stuck in a scrapbook. Thinking back, I am not sure that my father made those himself. Maybe he got help from some student of his. I remember being charmed by them. Once of twice, I made similar picture scrapbooks and gifted them to friends.
Now, I realize the importance of those saved articles, when I rack my brains to remember something I had read but cannot recall the specifics. With all these tools on internet available to us, it is easy to store stuff electronically. So here goes my first digest.
Today's Literary Review by The Hindu had some good articles. I loved the few books of Krishna Sobti that I read recently. There was a nice article on her in this pullout. Here is a link to article, "A strong voice". I liked this review of Geeta Hariharan's book, "Almost Home", in the same magazine.
In today's Indian Express, I came across this profile of a man who is in charge of the meteorological department of J&K, and found it quite interesting. "The Rainspotter", a day in the life of Sonum Lotus. The article was laudatory to him. When I checked him out on twitter, he was being flooded with bad press, accused of making false predictions. It is so hard to know what is correct and what is not correct, in these days of information overload.
Finally, a humorous piece in Eye Magazine of Indian Express from my favorite author, Ranjit Lal. It is titled "The Indian Driver's Handbook" and is accompanied by a delightful, Mario-esque illustration.
