The Real Fiction

All that we experience, our perceptions – sights & insights – seem like a surreal mix of fact and fantasy. There are no lines dividing anything anywhere & existence rides upon interpretations. This blog will surf, fly, jog, dive, swim, jump & at times even hobble through planes of experiences that will include poetry, protests, design, tales, photo-tales and whatever else is discovered & needs to be shared.
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The Crossword on 'Internet is Fun'

The Crossword on ‘Internet is Fun’

Internet is fun — A crossword Clues Across Clues Down The Answers Come on now, you think I will give you the answers for this simple crossword? You are actually supposed to know all the answers… Just print the grid and start solving… I’m sure you will enjoy the crossword. You will then agree that...
It always happens when the mind wants it to happen!

It always happens when the mind wants it to happen!

There was a distinctive tinkle and I knew that my phone was ringing. I took the phone out of my pocket and paused for a while before allowing my index finger to swipe and let the caller in. Strange that I actually paused… it was probably a signal to warn me from taking that call…...
S-Fun is… funADs on the move!

S-Fun is… funADs on the move!

She explained to me what wild nights really mean… one sultry afternoon in Connaught Place. I had a short and a rather revealing conversation with a teenage friend of mine as I sat munching my favourite Tuna Sub in CP. ‘Why do you guys say all the time that you’re having fun,’ I asked, ‘...
Nothing unusual. (Review of ‘Faceless’ by Tapan Ghosh)

Nothing unusual. (Review of ‘Faceless’ by Tapan Ghosh)

Yes, there is nothing unusual in the book… not one page that steps out of what I have come to expect of a lot of first-time novelists. Despite being thoroughly non-descript and devoid of either realism or fantasy, there is one discovery I made because of this book. I stumbled upon the fastest way to...
Itadakimasu: I humbly receive. (Review of Robin Sharma’s ‘The secret letters of the monk who sold his Ferrari’)

Itadakimasu: I humbly receive. (Review of Robin Sharma’s ‘The secret letters of the monk who sold his Ferrari’)

If you like to travel, you’ll like this book. This book takes you all over the world to some really wonderful places and you’ll enjoy reading about those cities and the way they’ve changed over time. The author takes you to different locations all over Europe, Asia, and North America… and the travelogue part of...
Murder is murder. Everything else is just details. (Review of ‘The devotion of suspect X’ by Keigo Higashino)

Murder is murder. Everything else is just details. (Review of ‘The devotion of suspect X’ by Keigo Higashino)

Yes, this one is a murder story. The first forty-eight pages hold your hands and take you around this little town by the river Sumida. They build an image within you that you cannot forget and at the same time rapidly build the characters of Yasuko, her daughter Misato, the Math teacher Ishigami, and Togashi,...
I’m bikers not a gengster!

I’m bikers not a gengster!

I scoured the net to try and see if my search could give me a precise definition of a biker. I found not one but many tweets that hand-held me and lead me right to the centre of a biker’s mind and life. In fact, it is the text of one of these tweets that...
Moonlight Mile

Moonlight Mile

It had always been me and my bike and then one day it suddenly became my wife, our bike and I! I called her Specky… ah! No, not the bike, I mean my wife. The bike had no name but we loved it anyway. Specky gave bike riding a totally new meaning because she sat...
The Radish Mystery

The Radish Mystery

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Badmash Company

Badmash Company

Trip: Jhansi – Babina. January 2011 Since my childhood I had been hearing a lot of stories of my father’s stay in Babina. This is a small town near Jhansi and is a major cantonment with a fair sprinkling of the Armoured Corps. I know this because I had a lot of friends in school...
Ravan inspires!

Ravan inspires!

Families are always a strange band of characters and can come up with the most surprising results whenever they sit and work together. I still remember what we did on the 6th of October in 2011. What do I do with my Ravan? When I asked a philosopher ‘What do I do with my Ravan?’...
My most beautiful thing

My most beautiful thing

I let the words ‘my most beautiful thing’ be there within me for the night and even as I slept, the subconscious worked in its own strange way and kept on searching answers for me. The first thing that happened in the morning was a short silent discussion with my brain… ‘Well,’ I asked a...