Hashtagged Life
One of the most commonly used symbols nowadays on keyboard # (read as Hashtag) remains the most intriguing one for me. I could never understand the purpose of its existence till few years back. It was even more disturbing to know that it’s not an invention of computer age but it existed since the days of Romans. While browsing through the net I realised it was also part of our antique instrument called Typewriter. Though it existed in different avatar popularly called as Pound. Only thing I never realised in my journey with # was about its existence prior to 2013-14 when I was almost 34 year old. It may sound crazy, but it’s true. I would express my apology to my English and Maths Teachers, for my ignorance (again must accept, I really don’t know if # was part of English or Maths). In 2013, Indian financial markets were in disarray. Equity markets were tumbling down, Indian Rupee was in free fall and Indian bond market was in total freeze meaning no trades at all. In those ...