Out of the million or so words with the suffix -ism, BOGOISM (proudly coined by me; my search on the word did not get any web results), is probably the most popular one to hit the human psyche. What is BOGOISM? In the marketing industry, BOGO is regarded as the most effective marketing technique where …
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Reflections on what went by
Let's look back at the past year to figure out what was unique about it. Let us go down memory lane and retrieve our own personal highlights. Somebody bought a new home, another got married, yet another got a coveted degree or whatever maybe the case, we all have our own last year's big things. 'A' broke …
Do you have an app for that?
The other day my son told me to download Artsonia App so I can see his artwork. "Apps are so cool." My son wisely declared. Yes they are, I thought. Especially the ones that lets you match your rash or your cough with assessments and potential treatments or the Remind You app that of course …
Do politics shape your writing?
How much does politics influence your writing? Do you write poems or essays about atrocious laws or bad government policies? A poem about school budget cuts attacking or supporting NJ governor Christie, or satire on foreclosures or a tragedy born out of recession? There are articles about abortion rights, Medicare, social security, lack of funding …
Aunt D saves the Day
Attending weddings is aunt D’s penchant. I know it is a blanket statement. There might be scores like her who love to enjoy being part of this ‘joyous’ affair. But somehow a wedding invitation unlike other parties fuels her. She acts like one of the bulldogs sniffing the trail all the way from the invitation …
Writing Prompt- By the Dark of Dawn
His mom would leave home just before dawn, and dad would drop him to school. He would walk back to an empty home everyday and everyday he would shoot some hoops with friends, eat his snack and finish his homework He would hardly know when mom came home from work dad was the parent he …
Post about Facebook
How did Facebook get its name? According to Wikipedia, “The name of the service stems from the colloquial name for the book given to students at the start of the academic year by university administrations in the United States to help students get to know each other better.” For all of us Facebook is : …
Rejection – not the final word
I heard somewhere that 'Help' author Kathryn Strockett was rejected 60 times before a publisher was ready to work with her. Sixty times!!! This book has become quite a phenomenon. Everywhere you go, 'The Help' is either on a coffee table or being held in a hand. What if the author had given up? There …
Do you have it in you?
Satisfaction, contentment and relaxed life are only for a time. Wants, needs and power have no end. And the demon of desires controls our hearts. We dream on two levels. All of us have those lofty desires that have chances of getting fulfilled only if we are ready to sweat to fill up a whole …
Writing prompt – It is all about poetry
Every element of nature works in harmony to provide some semblance to our lives. It is all about the poetry of life, which manifests itself in the blue eyes of the maiden and; in the sonorous, husky sweet-nothings of the lover.. In the crisp summer breeze, in the rage of the storm and the calm …
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