HP-indiblogger and the cult of being original
Bloggers know what it means to copy. Bloggers know how easy it is to copy. Bloggers know how to copy and then escape. Bloggers can copy and pretend to be original. All the sentences written so far aren’t supposed to be there only to shock or to attract. They are there to emphasise a very...
Photography, philosophy, and a spoonful of Surf excelmatic
I watched keenly as my wife poured a careful measure of Surf excelmatic in the protruding chamber of the washing machine, close it, put in a select number of clothes, firmly shut the front door and then do some magical fiddling of the auto controls… and that’s it… she beckoned me that we were now...
Photo-story on the making of Ravana
Evil isn’t born in a day. Evil also isn’t born in solitude. The evil that I am talking about is the maha-demon called Ravana. This maha-demon was the one that was killed by Lord Ram… but then that is a past story. That Ravana exists now as effigies that are prepared every year to be...
What do I do with my Ravan?
When I asked a philosopher ‘What do I do with my Ravan?’ – the philosopher Spoke familiar words Dripping with familiar ideas Reaching familiar ends He told me to abandon the evil Within and around He also told me to celebrate That day as the world celebrates Dushera. Then I asked a politician ‘What do...
Workshop with pigeons: a photo-journey
You know why I love pigeons… they are the ones to go and perch on statues of politicians and do their thing! This album is on the emotive states of pigeons as I observed them. Hope you enjoy the album. (Click on a pic to isolate it… click again to see an enlarged version.) ...
NO RIGHTS to flights on I-day!
2009 is probably not much different from the year gone by… though for us this 15th of August has come as a major revelation of things that we thought existed. For instance, we thought that this day, being a holiday, is a great day for visiting the Red Fort. No, it is not. No one...
A day before Independence Day
Exciting day indeed… everybody wants to become a flag-seller and a kite seller a couple of days before the 15th of August every year. Three reasons: 1. Sales of flags goes up 2. Kite-flying has become synonymous with this day 3. Buying a flag may seem patriotic but buying a charkhi a few kites is...
