Internet side effects

A friend came over today. We were talking until I got the internet set up at my new home. And then there was silence. Makes we wonder:

• How has the internet changed attention span?
• Are social networking and the internet sufficient to replace "offline social experiences"?
• Do power users of the internet burn out quicker at jobs that require extensive use of computers i.e. most jobs?
• Can digital ever match or supersede the serendipitous discovery process that happens offline?
• Are power users of the internet asocial in face to face settings?
• Do power users of the internet have withdrawal symptoms when they are away from their devices? (Compulsively checking email, facebook, twitter what have you)

Politics = weekend entertainment

Sometimes politicians also get what they deserve:
Sorry Ma’am, but I am not a Maoist

Excerpt of the condign punishment :)

"You have spoken of the brain drain from Bengal so many times. I hold offers from the University College London and the School of Oriental and African Studies to study development and administration. I too will probably leave, and now you know the reason why."

Contentment

So the return from the US of A to India is finally complete. Now that I have graduated from business school (and likely to stay away from full time school) and am a month old at work in Bangalore, I feel content about where I am at this point.

I freaked out most about the thought of wearing formals and business casuals and all that jazz - doesn't work for me, gets in the way, I can't think right with all of that on me!

Bangalore is an awesome place but for the traffic. Cliched I know, but true. To set things in perspective, I ate at approx. 25 restaurants over the last 30 days, mostly within a 5 km radius from where I live. Did I mention that this is without counting breakfast & lunch at the office?