Cell phone censure
by Roopinder Singh ONE of the first decisive acts of new British Prime Minister David Cameron was to censure the use of mobile phones, including Blackberries, in Cabinet meetings. His “Not, now. Not here, please” strikes a sixer for cell phone civility, which has been absent from the world in recent days as much as cricket is from Twenty20. Even as …
Picasso and his paintings
Did you know that Picasso’s full name was “Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso”? It took me a long time to figure out the artist whose painting of his mistress sold for a record $ 106.5 million in New York, yesterday. The news became an impetus to recollect my personal journey, including a physical one, of trying to understand this great artist.