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The Click Matters

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Photography was considered an art with only a few artists - photographers. People had a camera which would be seldom used and the 36 photo roll would be developed in one go. Each photo was well thought out and carefully taken. Then came the DigiCams that made it possible to take endless photos. This resulted in the 'care' being replaced by endless clicks. Slowly, the digicam moved into the handy mobile phone and it got better and better. And we found ourselves in the age of endless clicks. We click literally thousands of photos and hardly go back to see them. In contrast, we still cherish those 36 photos from a trip from yesteryears (ours or our parents/grand-parents). The most recent trend is that the camera in the phone is improving the quality of photographs itself – with portrait mode and numerous filters. But still, nothing beats the artist. The Photographer. The one who understands balance, light, composition, …. And also focal length, lens types, brightness con

Book Review: Aqson Level 1 by Sreejib

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My only question for the Author at this point: How many books are you going to write in this series?  (And can you complete the whole series quickly please?) Aqson is a refreshing read. Its fantasy, mythology, sci-fi - all mixed up together to create a gourmet dish to be relished.  The author had my complete attention when the novel began with a jeans-n-Tshirt clad 'Lucifer' riding a bike to a meeting place where he flirts with the receptionist (and is reprimanded) before we are introduced to a similarly jeans-n-Tshirt clad 'God.   This meeting is presided by a few gentlemen, and the minutes of the meeting being taken by none other than Brahma. Lucifer is given the permission to initiate another game with God; with an ultimate objective of installing their player as the Prime Minister of India.  This had my attention.  What got me hooked to the book was the refreshing writing style which resonated well with the 20-yr old young-adult characters in t

Book Blast - The Immortality Trigger by Douglas Misquita

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The Immortality Trigger by Douglas Misquita a Luc Fortesque adventure thriller 1945  Allied paratroopers raid a secret Nazi research facility. The operation is reported as a success. But, the lone survivor, Benjamin Ezra, knows otherwise.  2014  A drug lord, El Fantasma threatens to plunge Colombia into an era of bloody drug wars. DEA Country Attaché, Zachary Mason is in charge of a covert operation to remove El Fantasma, with the help of a vigilante, El Angel, and a retired undercover agent, Raymond Garrett.  In Naples, INTERPOL agent, Sabina Wytchoff, is investigating the death of her parents, when the Wytchoff family’s association with an ancient cabal comes under investigation.  After the events of The Apocalypse Trigger, Luc Fortesque, is scouring the world for the man who tested experimental drugs on him.  Wei Ling works for a shadow Transhumanist faction within China’s State Council, developing drugs that will enhance human longevity.  Th