“There are some fish that cannot be caught. It's not that they're faster or stronger than other fish. They're just touched by something extra.”

                                                                                        - Big Fish (2003)

Clichéd as it is to start editorials and opening introductions with quotes by the accidentally famous, 'Big Fish Mag' is an attempt at breaking these very clichés. Hence, the choice of Tim Burton as the resident motivational guru!

These stressed, or rather, recessed times may not seem very conducive for the launch of a new online magazine by a bunch of faceless, fameless nobodies. But, for a bunch of out of work engineers, it’s as good a time as any. Big Fish members have productively contributed to (flamed) countless internet forums, in a bid to sharpen our literary skills and broaden our visions of a rapidly broadening world, or perhaps just for the sadistic pleasure in watching egos the size of Rome burn like little tinder boxes. Thankfully, we got over the little sadistic phase, and this magazine is our idea of some sort of anti-sadism rehabilitation centre. So, do not expect Valentine’s Day fashion tips and love advice here. Not that those things are inane or too personal to be preachy about or anything. Just that we might not be qualified enough to mete out any such advice on account of our dormant sex/love lives. If we did, we wouldn’t be trying to write 700 word articles, when that time could be better spent in bed. In fact this magazine is a desperate attempt by some of us to get laid, so there.

Wordy philosophy apart, this magazine spawned from our collective disgust for pathetic, sold-out, valentine’s day fashion tips giving literature, devoid of any semblance of humor or creativity masquerading as YO-cool youth mags in the country of our residence. Freedom of speech never was perfected, I tell you. We aspire to be a youth mag undeserving of the aforementioned description, amusing both ourselves and our readers (friends of hounded-by-emails friends of hounded-by-phone calls friends) as we go along. Aforementioned readers are free to contribute owing to our overpowering need to showcase our belief in democracy. We also have an overpowering need to showcase our belief in free sex, to which readers/non-readers/distant cousins of readers and non-readers are invited to contribute.

Hope you guys are still here when the next editorial comes around.

Cheers!

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