The Public Diary

By the time you reach this post, I would've hit a century of posts on this blog. A certain sense of pressure started to prevail on me upon disclosing this fact because jubilee(s) are expected to be special. I'll leave that up to you while I try to behave normally by not trying so hard to please. Rather I'll tell about what's been the hot topic in my life these days.  It has been 3 years that I'm shuttling between 2 cities day in and day out. I'm not sure if this chapter is ending now but it seems like ending at the moment, so all the good (and bad) old memories started flashing in my mind. I am writing this rough draft of the post on the very date on which my connection to this second city came into existence. Exactly 3 years ago, I got my posting orders. You're always in a dilemma that if you really belong there or not.  In my case, I never read local editions of the newspaper of either of the cities, purely because of disinterest. Any developments and inci...

Has it ever happened to you that you didn't indulge in a particular activity because for long you have been claiming to be not doing it? Sometimes we start behaving in a specific way because we have been telling others that we act like that always, irrespective of the fact that we want to turn the tables. Illusory truth effect started ringing in my mind while I was writing this, which says that false information seems to be true due to repeated exposure. For instance, there are people who say, "We don't have the habit of clicking many pictures." They may deny it even if someone else asks them to get clicked, although in one corner of their heart they do want to be clicked. Coming upon me, 'I don't take siesta' is one of the statements that I take pride in. But even if I'll be feeling sleepy on any given afternoon, I don't think I'll be able to catch my daytime nap because of the claims that I've been openly and proudly claiming. O...