3 Self Portraits
These are some of the sketches that I have been doing in the last few months. These have been done behind old business cards with a fountain pen.
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Zen of Commuting
I wrote an article for my companies monthly ‘funletter’. The theme was transportation. Here is the article: ——————————– You might be wondering as to what has Zen go to do with commuting. Aren’t they miles apart? You might ask. Let’s go a step back. Have you ever thought if commuting and transportation are the same?…
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Shaa’ir + Func – Everytime You’re Around
Got this here. The keywords which come to mind are — cool, funny, awesome. The music is DaftPunk-y.
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Rasas in “Goldfinger”
I have been listening to the song Goldfinger from the James Bond movie. I have always liked the song. After seeing this video of the live concert did I realize why the liking. I could identify at least 6 rasas. The way Shirley switches from one to the other is remarkable too. She should have…
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भागो सेर आया
ये मेरे एक दोस्त की जुबानी एक सच्ची कहानी है . “१८ साल पहले मेनका गाँधी ने हमारे गाँव के पास टायगर छुडाये थे . इनमे कुछ चिड़िया घर तो कुछ सर्कस से थे. एक बार में और मेरा दोस्त शाम को स्कूल से लौट रहे थे . में और मेरा दोस्त छज्जू एक स्पंज…
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First letter to a pen friend
Found an old book rummaging through my collection. From my school days. Titled :Model school essays, letters and paragraphs. I am copying a letter called First letter to a pen friend from it. —— 282 Bunglow, Sector- 16A, Chandigarh Dear Monita, I saw your name and address in the Hindustan Times dated …. under the…
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The end
The power went a while back. Am standing in my balcony. There is a building, some distance away.. which throbs.Everything else is dark, the mellow dark of the semi-mooned night. I can hear the palm trees creaking, their dry leaves rustling. I light a cigarette, a Charminar. The smoke is harsh, harsher than the Marlboro….
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Bicycle trip from Delhi to Kathmandu – Day 2
Preparations and Day 1. Day 2 ***** Got some kids to get the bottles from a nearby village. Gave them a ORS packet as a return gift. Tweeted @ 12:58 PM When I woke up, there was no electricity and I had to stumble around while getting dressed. I started at around 6:30 am with…
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Bicycle trip from Delhi to Kathmandu – Day 1
This would need a bit of preamble. I did this trip starting on 15th of June 2009. I wrote it after coming back, well almost wrote it. Initially I had a feeling this could even be publishable :P. Mailed the first 3 chapters to some publishers (we can always hope right?), who promptly replied back…
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