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The Tribute

 Oil on Canvas 16x20 BULL.something powerful, something huge.......and it always brings something powerful to me.and this paintings is my tribute to the very powerful persons in my life who appeared with strong mind and huge heart like BULL...............and its been an great honor to be a part of  there life.......  

The fall of Twitter

The immediate motivation to write this article was this article on HBR " Its time to cut bank on Social Media "  People who have been following me on Twitter by now know I have almost given up on it and people following my blog and stream as well know why I have give it up. I keep coming back to it, again and again, the Twitter today is exponentially worse than it was when it started out. And it is getting nuttier and nuttier everyday.  I do not intend to insult or insinuate any people out there, thats not the point, the point simply is this: Twitter earlier was a lake full of great and small fishes, today it is just an average lake with nothing special in it. Today if you were to look for great fishes here, you are most likely to get lost in the journey. The real problem is that you are unlikely to be aware of such a loss until its already damaging or too late. To put it other way, Twitter was a great place to follow smart people. When it started out, it seemed as...

Online Petition. Read on.

On 28th July last year, members of the Hindu Jagarana Vedike attacked a group of innocent boys and girls who were celebrating a birthday at a homestay in Mangalore.  Naveen Soorinje, an independent journalist bravely exposed this attack to the country. His report was vital evidence of the brutality of assault on the youth.  Shockingly, he was arrested along with the 31 attackers by the Mangalore Police on 7th November ‘12 . He was framed with the same charges as the attackers. As a journalist who worked in the region for four years, I am appalled by the police action. That is why I started a petition on Change.org telling Karnataka Home Minister of State, R. Ashok to drop all charges against Naveen Soorinje and release him from prison. Please join me and sign my petition. Earlier this month, Minister Ashok assured journalists he would withdraw the case against Naveen. Yet nothing has happened. By turning up the pressure, hopefully we can encourage him to take action and free N...

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