The Man who sold the world.

Less than a week in to my new job and I think my designation needs to be changed. Though a copywriter describes my work quite well, since every thing I write looks like a copy of everything I wrote before it, but a more creative and fitting name would an advertising poet. Yes, I am an Ad Poet. Not romantic, not beat, not emo, no none of that. It’s a totally new genre of poetry and I am proud to be the leading, and probably Continue reading →

Life After Sufferland.

With the 31st of May being my last working day at Sufferland after nearly 46 months of bonded labor I was supposed to start a new phase of life on the 1st, right? But with insufferable Sufferland around how could that be. The shift extended well in to 1st, so 2nd of June turned out to be my first Sufferland free day. Almost. Since the day started at midnight lets go through the events in chronological order : 00:00 : Was sitting at this real Continue reading →

Lost in Translation

So a bunch of researchers at Indiana University’s Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences got paid a few million dollars in grant to prove what I have been stating very subtly for an eternity. And here I shall state it again, MEN DO NOT UNDERSTAND WOMEN. No, we just don’t. Accept it. And now we have proof! According to one of the researchers, “Young men just find it difficult to tell the difference between women who are being friendly and women who are interested in Continue reading →

A Tie for a Tie, A Suit for a Suit

Christmas is a time for revelry, when the big fat old man in a red jump suit and a floppy hat goes around giving gifts to the children around the world, while burning a hole in their parent’s pockets. The story of Santa Claus is well known. It has been published under two genres, bed time stories for kids and nightmares for parents, for years and is very widely read. According to the legend if you somehow did manage to be a good kid for Continue reading →

The Cringe Benefits

One of the major plus points of working for a great company are the fringe benefits like free gifts or goodies as we like to call them. You work hard to earn your pay and on top of that once in a while the company gives you something little extra on the side to appreciate the hard word and hard cold cash you have put in their pockets. Just like a happy owner handing out a treat to his pet for rolling over or begging Continue reading →