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Pens!

 
Where have they gone? In the digital age! 
It could be hard to recall! When was the last time you used a pen? 
Pens, for me, have always been a tool to write and to have a piece of design, Art flowing through my fingers in hand. 
But, it’s been a while since I have noticed anyone buy a nice pen or have one in their pockets.
Since childhood, I have been fascinated with these beautiful Parker Pens, for their packaging and colour combinations and design. 
Every few months, I would stare and plan to buy one in the coming year. 
Flair, Meter Pens, Was a rage once. They could last a 1000-meter of ink flow. 
Even when in school, I would be very particular about those Reynolds Racer Gel pens, that were beautifully thick. Then the Trimax were launched like the Uniball Vision pens that were priced at ₹50 for a pen. For at least half the price, You Could get the Trimax one and they would last as long as the examinations. 
A few years later after school, Lamy pens were always an aspiration. 
I started using them to write my diary entry. 
In between over time had got a Pelikan pen too! 
And All White fountain Pen to write. 
Cross pens have always been there to use. But,  Today it’s hard to find a pen anywhere you go, only places like the hotel keep a pen in the room. In any other place, it’s hard to find one pen with a person. 
I remember Pilot Pens were a craze too! But in the digital age the only pen one is using is the one on the tablets and portable devices to sketch, Draw or highlight. 
Where have the Pens gone? 

Rise of Latin American, Asian and European Content

OTT Platforms

Ever since Ott platforms have made their way into India, The content option to choose from is huge, You have American Movies, Series to choose from, You have British content to choose and you have the rise of K-Drama, Yakuza’s from Japan to choose from and you have rising options from Latin America and Europe to choose from.

When you have so much choice ,You observe the stories coming from these countries, you notice 

Most of the American shows are only highlighting – Race, Identity , law, Super hero’s and supernatural power . A lot of the series are about colour people’s struggle and identity. 

British series are all about the Royal family and politics. Series like Crown, Bridgeton, Peaky Blinders. 

The content from Korea is all about Escaping, boundaries, Technology and Social Media, Topics which are more current and appealing. 

Japan series are all about their food and the relationship with their loved ones, loneliness and storytelling. 

Latin America series are all about powerful families and their secrets, Mafia and hunger to control their identity. 

European series are about Murders in Scandinavian countries, Cult leader following and humanity with adaption like Man called Otto and Anxious People.

Indian content is also more dominant with the D-world, Gangster control, Corruption and Scams.

Australian series, haven’t made a mark on the platform besides their popular show like Masterchef and food shows. When it comes to fiction. They do have a lot of shows on Politics and the system. Secret City & Stateless as two interesting series. 

But, yet when it comes we don’t experiment with the content we stream. We would still watch only American & British and often complain, for it’s lack of interesting stories. 

Today, we have a variety of global content to choose from and we still choose the same stories, What makes us avoid experimenting, We are anyways being charged for the month and year, we wouldn’t be paying extra if we shift our content preferences to experiment. 

If we don’t experiment with content, We would have makers making the same thing that has a set formula that they believe works globally. But does it work?

ThE bOmBaY CaNtEeN visit !!!

The Bombay canteen, after being rejected twice for no space over the last month, this Saturday we decided to just land up without booking  a table hoping to get a place. Right from the time we entered, our childhood memories were revived, from the”kismi” chocolate, which this generation has no clue about to the roohafza bottles used for water, the ambience was a little posh, the twist in food with meethi thepla’s used for tacos to the twist in Rasagulla with coffee, made me feel first that this would be the case if i was visiting somebody, who’s way of living would make we wonder and point out at how cheap the bottles were, or that they are still learning to cook and want to be  part of the society hence trying to impress us with these tacos .
The bold choices can only be tried at hotels and restaurant because we are courageous and want to try something new when we visit a new place, but if we were suggested to experiment at home we would use terms like are you Crazy ?
Bombay canteen this Saturday had the ambience too set like a old canteen with music from the 80s playing and everything else was also interesting the Hinglish names on the menu ,the twist the taste and the setting .