Newfound love for language and grammar on Internet

My body cells divided and redivided themselves somewhere between 'grammar' and 'grmmr', 'love' and 'lve'. Now the complexity in this case is that ‘lve’ can stand for both 'love' and 'live'.

Hash tagging every important word and being part of the new trend, sending ':D' even when one doesn't curve his lips in the shape of a crescent moon after those lame jokes, is by the way, a trend these days! What say do you have regarding 'stahp' in place of 'stop'? Typing another alphabet didn't cost u much, did it? We live in a world where "switch off" has a lesser significance than "fuck off".

In the process of growing up, we abridged our texts, trimmed our feelings and conquered emotions. Not to forget blaming the prediction software every time the 'Grammar Nazis' point out our mistakes. Introverts get a chance of exposure while extroverts make every unnecessary and sadly, very necessary things for themselves, public. That summarizes the social media in today’s generation. I know you can read "Iliad" if you decide to read it just then but sadly e-books neither smell as sensuous as old books nor are as voluptuous as the new books do. Due to some mysterious reasons, I have always preferred flipping pages over clicking mouse buttons to slide the page forward, favoured ransacking different libraries for an appropriate criticism on Alexander Pope, than being satisfied with Wikipedia and the copy paste of its contents on several other less important sites.

I know that the internet is an inexpensive, easily accessible and extremely economic source in its terms and conditions but don't blame me when suddenly the airtel 3G net pack and wi-fi stop being sympathetic towards your endless demands. Though at some point I fear I cannot defend my arguments since they have their own set of advantages too, in today’s fast paced life, where I will sound like the 'meek lamb' and the people who love the Internet as a medium for learning or propagating language will be represented as the ferocious 'tyger'.

But if one claims his preference for long-term relationships over those one night stands, so can I for my 'old school of thoughts' and learning.

About the Author:

 Ahana Bhaumik is an English Honours student at Loreto College. A determined atheist, she will be found doodling anytime, anywhere. A writer and amateur photographer, she lets music speak her mind.

Good Hair Days!

‘I want a hair cut!’

- by a hair cut you mean a wave, a curl, maybe the steps? Hey! The fringes are definitely one whole step ahead of the hair game.

But, you know what? You're old. Your haircut is old. Your take on hair cuts are old. Your entire thought-process regarding haircuts are old!

Because, you can't even begin to think 

what the new haircut is all about. So maybe it's not the trend. So maybe it's not what you

 see everyday. But, these haircuts that a lot of people all over the world support aren't just

 unusual. They are quirky! They are quirk redefined. They are quirk personified. Could you

imagine a haircut that is cut in the form of a horse?

Would you want a pineapple on your

head? You could want anything on the planet and you would get it because these hairdresses aren’t just plain talent- They have a vision and capability that is beyond the

world - for they are artists! Now this whole take on hair cuts has been taken up by the film industry itself in the movie ‘blow dry’ where a small town sees a whole hair-dressing 

competition and one of the competitors is our very own Alan Rickman!

Now the next time you decide on cutting your hair - watch the movie. Check out these pictures from Google. Think of your hair in a different light and voilà - you've got art on your head!

About the Author:

 Joyeeta Majumdar is pursuing her passion - English, at Loreto College and continuing to believe in the small joys of life that are basically photography, poetry and debating. Never failing to understand that in the end it's your mother's kiss on the cheek, the best friend's smile and the smell of mint and paper backs that matter.