Neo Imaginations

A residential locality where people know each other and sit together in the hours of leisure to share notes is a dream for many in the world of digital connections. We find it easy to  text chat for hours but have apprehensions to put in efforts for a real sit together chat. It seems the digital forums of conversation have given people a decent excuse to avoid eyes. But how long can one pull on with just digital forms of communication ? At one stage the passions dies and we tend to part ways without a word of care. During my early days of job, I and my friends used to look forward to evenings. Evenings where the most treasured part of the days. We used to join over  evening coffee at a nearby cafe and then there were sessions of gossips, philosophy and jokes on the same table everyday. We had cell phones but we never made calls to confirm each other's whereabouts. We knew only something very important can lead to missing the evening coffee with friends and that rarel...

          Mishra Ji is a complete Retro personality. He has a basic cellphone that has not seen the world of Gs. It was manufactured in the year when ringtones were some kind of snooze alarms and phones had nothing to do with the G word. Time changed and the telecom network got names like 2 G and 3 G. But Mishra ji remained a complete challenge to the advancement of network and wireless data transmission. He loved his wire with RJ 45 termination that always winked in exchange of data. Mishra ji had a son like Desktop for winking RJ 45 connector. This was the most modern thing in his retro life. Last time when I insisted him to upgrade his handset which was due for all the retirement benefits on superannuation, Mishra ji rejected my proposal at the outset. He would always ask me, " How to install whatsapp on my desktop ? "  It is an app meant for Multimedia handsets and more precisely for smartphones - I replied. He would frown upon me and s...

Pasta is a staple food of traditional Italian cuisine, with the first reference dating to 1154 in Sicily. Although it is Italian by origin but Pasta has made its way to almost all parts of the world.  The pasta recipes have also undergone transformation to suit the taste buds according to the regional flavours.  There are a number of interesting ways to cook and savour Pasta  depending upon the season and taste preference. Here, I am sharing my own signature recipe in completely Indian style.  You can call it a fusion recipe because it has ingredients, both from West and the East.  I call it Pasta Indiana . Here is a step by step procedure to prepare this easy cuisine with in no time.  List of Ingredients: 1. Del Monte Pasta             - 150 gm 2. Onion ( Medium)            -  01 Nos   3. Capsicum                 ...