Shobha has left the building…for now

I deactivated my Facebook account last night. Didn’t give any advance warning about it. Just pulled the plug. Of course, the kind folks at Facebook know that people are fickle, and that this web of emotion, information and entertainment they have built is irresistible. If you ever want to come back, they tell me, just [...]

Woman, interrupted

They didn’t stay much upon their stand Wood, glass, acrylic bands Bangles of every tone and hue To match the silks and cottons new And decorate her hands. This set is missing a few because they’re made of glass. When she wore them for a dance performance they broke as they smashed against each other [...]

Wikileaks and the deafening silence

The links are being blasted onto my Twitter timeline by this account I follow called @Vote_SG. They are also being posted on Facebook by The Online Citizen. The content of the Wikileaks cables are damning in many ways, yet come as no surprise. What they contain is pretty much what navel-gazing old men in coffeeshops [...]