Reading is a dying art, he said. Really? Then why does it seem that every other person I come across is an aspiring writer? Is it that the right to freedom of expression, otherwise so suppressed, can only be exercised through writing? If everyone only writes, who will be left to read?

[caption id="attachment_2449" align="alignnone" width="300"] Image Courtesy - Pixteller.com[/caption] What would you say to someone who makes the same mistakes again and again, and again! What would you say to someone who despite their better judgement, does things which will cause pain and heart-ache. What would you say to...

On a recent family trip to an out-of-town golf course, I had been designated as the unofficial photographer, and we had obtained permission for me to go on the golf course, despite not playing myself. I had a golf cart all to myself, and had promised to stay off the course; while my parents shared one and were on the course, playing. The golf course was vast and picturesque with lush greenery, hilly terrain with its sheer cliffs and steep valleys. I was busy taking photographs and videos while trailing them in my cart. The entire morning had remained uneventful. My parents continued to play golf. I continued to take photographs. Of the golf course, the flora, the hills, the blue skies and sometimes, if I felt generous, of my parents too.

After two weeks of being a couch potato and idle lazing around, I finally decided to turn around and make use of this so called "break" to follow my long lost loves. And the first step in that direction was discipline. So, just as I...