What do I blog about and why?

This is in response to an old friend/fan of this blog asking me this particular Q.

What I definitely don't blog about are serious takes on issues that could actually make a difference in this world.  Coz I am neither erudite nor profound and I like to keep things simple.

Like, for example, I would rather NOT discuss

• Politics: Will NaMo be as good for India as he was/is for Gujarat?
• Economic policy: Will FDI in Retail create new jobs or kill existing ones?
• Literature: Does Girish Karnad make a valid point in his criticism of VS Naipaul?
• Journalism: What will Arnab Goswami's epitaph read as? He came, he saw, he shouted?
• Arts: Which is the more popular event - Woodstock or Thygaraja music festival at Thiruvaiyaaru?
• Business: Why is Apple's stock price falling?
• Social Commentary: Should anyone at all be held responsible for Jacintha Saldanha's death?
• Current affairs: Bhagat Singh Chowk in Lahore. Who cares?
• Fashion: Who is the personal stylist of Hina Rabbani Khar? Or closer home, Aaradhya Bachchan.

What I do love doing is ranting and raving about

• Music: Why ARR rocks, Ilayaraja rocked but Harris/Yuvan will always suck?
• Movies: When will the world see Gautam Vasudev Menon and Rohit Shetty for what they really are? Talentless, overrated zeros.
• Sports: Why it hurts to see Arsenal implode again and why India could do with a 38 yr old VVS Laxman more than a 39 yr old Tendulkar
• Television: What makes Aaron Sorkin one of the most compelling screen-writers to follow?
• Books (as opposed to Literature): What people see in the 50 Shades series?
• Philosophy: Cur Hic Statis? (The English translation will make me the butt of many jokes so will refrain)
• Bloggers: Baradwaj Rangan over-analysing a stupid scene, Kiruba getting thrown out of TED :-)
• Just about anything inconsequential....

Why these choices? JLT !!!

Hope this helps.