AUTHOR

Ashish Sharma

All stories by Ashish Sharma

Real Life, a game like none before: Sri Sri, Jaggi
Rediff.com29 Nov 2017

'A small number of players like Sadhguru and Ravi Shankar claims to possess high wisdom...

Rahul, Marx, Dhinchak Pooja
Rediff.com15 Nov 2017

In a landscape dominated by social media, everything begins to matter less for what it...

Ever celebrated a Virtual Diwali?
Rediff.com4 Nov 2017

'I sat in the grass with avatars or 3D digital bodies controlled by others, reminiscing...

Jobless? Here's how you can still make money
Rediff.com4 Oct 2017

Ashish Sharma wonders what kind of services low skill people provide to high-skill...

Bringing down Blue Whale won't be easy
Rediff.com8 Sep 2017

'Its 'curators' invite you through peer-to-peer networks (social media sites), and...

What we need: A toxin-free work culture
Rediff.com24 Jul 2017

'What's the point in lamenting widespread toxic work culture, and the capitalist system...

Want to date online? You may want to read this
Rediff.com31 May 2017

'These online dynamics stem from offline India, where pressure to get married by a...

The crushing loneliness of holiday seasons
Rediff.com30 Dec 2016

Worn down by the prospect of filling up a month-long holiday season with forced cheer...

7.4 billion human avatars play this game
Rediff.com20 Sep 2016

Have you ever heard of/or played this longest-running virtual game?

Feeling lonely? Talk to a chatbot
Rediff.com11 Jul 2016

Laugh out loud, have fun and while away time talking to chatbots. They are all yours!

Web monkeys
Rediff.com18 Jun 2016

Ashish Sharma remembers a time when he set up the Web Monkeys to save the still new...

Thinspired? Beware!
Rediff.com7 Jun 2016

In the warped world of anorexia social networks, fans cheer and boo and urge anorexics...

The perils of online love
Rediff.com5 Apr 2016

'I felt sorry the handsome woman had to spend her birthday in a war zone, away from her...

Do you know these bitcoin billionaires?
Rediff.com22 Feb 2016

Bitcoin billionaires are well-known in the avenue of criminality.

When tuition classes were like social networking
Rediff.com11 May 2015

Then, the young would avoid parents at home by joining tuition classes. Today, they...