Seshadri's Musings

We have been sharing so much of our data with others that we can’t really say now that the data is ours and we have a right to that.   Many companies offer various freebies and we feel like a moth attracted to it and fall into their trap.   Over a period of time all our data is being shared worldwide and are lying in different parts of the world.   Someday we will realise this and maybe stop sharing our data with others, however tempting the offer may be. Let me take the example of Gmail.  Almost everyone in this world has used this and majority of them are still using this (including me in sending out this blog 😊 !).  But we have never tried to find out who else is monitoring what we share.  I went through the terms and conditions of using Gmail.  I was installing Gmail in my new phone and came across some terms saying that Google can compose and send mails on my behalf from my account 😊 !  I had taken a screenshot of the same to be used in a...

More web-series reviews… Tamil Rockerz – Tamil series came out in 2022.  Anonymous cyber pirates are threatening to release a highly anticipated film featuring a massively popular star. It's up to the cop Rudra to find the lawbreakers and bring them to justice. One of the reviews from Cinemaexpress... Over the past decade, the infamous piracy group, Tamilrockers, has been a subject of much discussion. Pirated versions of films weren’t just being made available on the date of release; sometimes, they were available even ahead of release. The piracy group continues to be active and has been a big problem for the film fraternity for nearly a decade now. The arrival of OTT platforms helped somewhat, and it’s interesting that it’s on one such streaming platforms that a web series based on the group is out now. Undoubtedly, SonyLIV's Tamilrockerz has an exciting idea that screams potential. We see glimpses of the group lead...

More web-series reviews…   The Capture – 1st season came out in 2019 (I had reviewed it here http://seshadrimusings.blogspot.com/2022/06/232-web-series-reviews-78.html ) and the second came out in 2022. One of the reviews from IMDB... This show is a fine example of how a story need not be convoluted or break the bank with fancy special effects in order to weave a rich, suspenseful plot. The growing ethical dilemma of security vs. Loss of privacy in a surveillance state is taken to the next logical quandary that we face today, when public and private CCTV, aka closed circuit TV recordings and surveillance, is no longer a "closed circuit" in a digitally interconnected world, and analog gives way to digital, where integrity and non-repudiation can no longer be assured. What we might have thought it would be a Black Mirror episode is much closer to reality. The acting is sharp, and the script and direction are solid....

More web-series reviews… Modern Love – Mumbai – Came out in 2022.  Exploring 6 unique yet universal stories of human connection and love in its varied forms – romantic, platonic, parental, sexual, familial, marital, self love. One of the reviews from IMDB... Amazon Prime's latest anthology series, Modern Love Mumbai, has multiple love stories combined together. It's a nuanced take on modern issues like homosexuality and acceptance, a modern-day millennial love, a mother-son Asian duo, lost-love and grief, finding independence and breaking free; all set against the backdrop of love. 1) My Beautiful Wrinkles - A poetic tale that teaches young ones to believe in themselves, and seniors to be proud of their wrinkles. My Beautiful Wrinkles is about a widow, Dilbar (Sarika), who has lost her lover in a car accident. She has closed all the two uses of love in her life. She even tells her old-age girlfriends this. In one of the dialogues, she says, "Somebody should tell...

There are so many humorous happenings that happen around us in our daily life.   I normally jot them down to include them in my blogs.   But sometimes, I forget and the happening is also forgotten 😊 !   Somehow, I had noted down these incidents and am now able to describe them down here.   I am sure that you too would like them as it is/was humorous and made my day 😊 !! The other day, me and my wife were travelling in a train from Secunderabad to Chennai.  We were in 2 nd class AC.  Due to late booking of tickets, we had different berths, even though in the same compartment.   Since bedtime was still some hours away, we were sitting together.  The ticket checker came and wanted to see the tickets.  He looked to be in his late-50’s.   Instead of seeing the tickers, he just wanted to know which seats are for which passengers.  I told him that we have a seat here and another seat in the other part of the coach and me and...

The other day I was browsing something when I came upon a link that said Top 20 detective series of all times. When I visited the site, I found that I had seen 16 of them 😊 .  And the balance 4, I had them with me for the past 1-2 years 😊 .  So, I prioritized seeing these 4 and closing out the top 20 detective series of all times! One more bucket list item ticked off 😊 !!  I am still about 10 short of the top 50 😊 !  Will update once I complete them too! More web-series reviews…  Vera – Running since 2011 and the 12th season has been green-lighted and will be out in 2023!  A total of 46 episodes so far across 11 seasons with a runtime of one and half hours per episode. The central character is Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope, who is obsessive about her work and driven by her own demons. If she's lonely she doesn't show it; she faces the world with caustic wit, guile, and courage. Her tru...

  This is a Tamil book that was published in 1955, comprising 5 volumes and stretching to about 2210 pages in all.   Prior to this, from 29 th October 1950 to 16 th May 1954, the story was serialized in the weekly edition of the Kalki magazine, a staggering 5-year period 😊 !!   The author being the editor of the magazine, Kalki Krishnamurthy.   It seems that there used to be a mad rush at all the magazine stores in Tamil Nadu to get the weekly copy and read the next chapter of the story!   The book tells the story of early days of Arulmozhivarman, who later became the great Chola emperor Rajaraja Chola I (947 CE – 1014 CE). Kalki visited Sri Lanka three times to gather information for it. Ponniyin Selvan is widely considered by many to be the greatest novel ever written in Tamil literature.   The craze for the series which was published weekly was such that it elevated the magazine circulation to reach a staggering figure of 71,366 copies – no mean ach...