What Is The Point

Happy New Year! This year is going to be my year! You told yourself that, didn't you? Er... how exactly is this going to be your year? You were fired from your job. Are you getting unfired as soon as it turns on January 1st? Is your boss recognizing that the new you in the new year is going to bring in more business and win you that prestigious 'Best Employee' title? Or how about the breakup a week ago? Are you getting back together with a partner who dislikes all your habits but heard you say you're going to be a new person in the new year and take you back? And all the healthy foods you bought that are now rotting in the fridge. Does that turn "new" too? January 1st is going to be a new month, a new page on the calendar.  While the year officially changes another number, contrary to popular belief, it does not come with magical powers. The load of laundry will still be waiting for you on 1st January. The dirty dishes from your New Year's Eve ...

  It’s almost time for the new year to arrive, and as always, you are surrounded by people and content online that directs you to the “new year, new you” scam.  The year has been hard on you. There were ups and downs, successes and failures. You lost friends. You made new friends. You got new opportunities. You lost money. You made a living through hard work. Phew! With all that you’ve been through, you are definitely looking for a break, aren’t you?  And with the new year arriving, you get sold on the idea that if you make changes to your life, good things will happen. Making resolutions and counting on determination will help you succeed in life. It is the winning formula.  Hyped up on all these posts about others doing “it” too, you write up a list of how many changes you are going to make, starting from the first month of the year.  You are totally going to go to the gym, eat healthy, quit bad habits, attempt to socialize, and work on your career by possibly...

 ​A carousel of heartwarming photos. Heart emojis. Profound quotes. A haiku about relationships. ​On social media, everyone is a poet, whether or not they paid attention in literature class. How else will their followers know how deep and empathetic they really are? ​Once upon a time, social media was about making friends, posting photos of food, and reveling in cats doing funny things. Now, it has evolved into a pretentious sludge of superficial relationships.  It is all about public displays of love, even if real life is the polar opposite. ​Celebrities especially take great pains to show how relatable they are. It is essential for them to show just how much they are like you—except, of course, for the millions in their bank accounts.  From wearing sweatpants and au naturel makeup to dancing to the latest viral trend, some celebrities will go to great lengths to connect. Even if it means entering a kitchen to cook a meal they have no idea how to prepare. ​Bu...

  The year is all set to end, and while you are relieved, here come the invitations to family gatherings and parties that come with strings attached. You’re not just getting an invitation. You are being compelled to arrive with a gift or find yourself in a position to hear multiple taunts about coming empty-handed. Who comes to a party without a gift?  It’s like a ticket to the party. Nothing comes free, and the entry to the event is definitely priced at one gift, which must be priced at a reasonable amount.  But it’s okay. It’s one gift. One party. One obligation to a social event.  So off you go, spending your free time looking for the perfect gift or searching online for the one thing that will not break your wallet. After scrolling and searching for hours, you’ve found it: the perfect gift.  Or what you think is perfect.  On the day of the party, you go with a smile and carrying a bag of gifts you meticulously searched for and bought with your hard-earn...

A hero can save us... No, they cannot. They never do. Heroes are too busy ironing their capes, shopping for hair products, and ensuring their gadgets are updated. Saving the world? No, not right now. Not when new boots need to be bought. Us civilians have to lead boring, stressful lives. Wake up, stuff some breakfast in, work, do chores, sleep, and do it all over again the next day. The usual humdrum gets to us, but it doesn't elicit a response unless catastrophe hits. And then it's all about: I wish someone could save us. So we look at the sky, expecting to see someone wearing a cape and heading towards us with urgency. Their arrival will mean the end of all your problems.  But you've been waiting for an hour now, and your hero has not come. So you sigh, dust off yourself, and realize that you need to be the one who has to sort out this calamity. It's difficult, stressful, and even scary. You have to do things that you prefer not doing because it's unco...

This image was generated by AI The world as we know it will be transformed by AI. We will be traveling to space in no time. We will be able to work faster, and efficiently. We will be able to lead better lives, healthier and wiser. Because we have AI and our lives are forever transformed.  Except, we are not really using AI for its intended purpose, are we?   But we are using it to transform our images so we look like cartoon characters, or in the latest trending art style.  Worse, we are using it to interact with humans. And said humans on the other end are also using AI to reply. So…all we have managed to accomplish is get two AI to talk to each other. While we, humans, can’t bear to write a single line text to each other.  While we got to read profound and enriching literature from past authors, imagine what future generations will read. Years from now, robot archaeologists will discover writings from our times. It will be just as generic, mundane and uninspi...

  Just when you thought that romcoms were done for, that they were a genre from the distant past, and now you will never see another love story again, we have MATERIALISTS dumped into the mixing bowl.  Between thrillers and action movies that are taking prominence in the industry, we get a Romance movie that is supposed to take our breath away and believe in true love once more.  But in this cynical and cruel world, does love even exist?  MATERIALISTS kind of changes your perspective. Kind of.  Don’t expect to be blown away, and no it is not the romance story of ages or make you believe in unconditional love again. But it will give you fleeting moments where genuine care is shown that will make you feel…something I guess.  So what is the point of watching MATERIALISTS? Read below and find out.  1) You get to watch a good-looking cast ( Dakota Johnson , Chris Evans , and Pedro Pascal ) uplift a sleepy script.  2) You will see glimpses of realism....