The Brave Pedestrian

A certain prophet who existed 1500 years ago is said to have decreed that women should completely cover their bodies and faces in a largely shapeless, dull-coloured garment and veil. Why? To render them unattractive to males… To prevent males from getting the slightest glimpse of their femininity… To sanitize their interaction with males and to render their communication sexless, genderless. I wonder what the good prophet (peace be upon him) would have to say if he could see that 1500 years later, some men and women wouldn't even see one another, and communicate facelessly, voicelessly and even namelessly with only alphabets on a glass or plastic screen. "Wonderful! The faces and voices of both men and women are completely veiled! Praise the Lord!" he might have said in an ecstacy. And then some worldly soul would have gently and painstakingly introduced the immortal prophet to the ways of the blogosphere, chatspace, email, Facebook... "Well, I sense t...

There was a time, about 7 years ago, when my blogger nickname was Friendly Ghost or FG. And just to debunk the myth that I am always a serious-minded person, I want to repost this blog about a chat that I had with a bubbly blogger-buddy whose nickname was Saakshee. March 12, 2007: Those of you who are privileged to know the quirky Saakshee know that she's looking for e-pals now. There ain't nobody on this iLand who has a cyber-libido like her, and who has as large an appetite for cyber-flirting as she does. But here's some breaking news: until Friday, it seemed as though she was devoutly an atheist who turned up her nose at the Hallowed Spirit. But one found that she falls down most ardently before Him. Indeed, she wishes to embrace Him with a passion. How did a ghost make this startling discovery? While chatting with her of course! Read on: FG: So you don’t wanna talk serious tomorrow? Saakshee: NO FG: You wanna flirt as usual? Saakshee: YES FG: okeedokee… Sa...