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...
Tech blogging and the cult of copying!
I was telling a friend about the need to find your own expression when it comes to writing when the discussion took a sudden turn towards a rather unexpected aspect though I wouldn’t call it entirely bizarre. ‘You can be comfortable with only your style of writing,’ I said, ‘and this comes only when you...
These words must change!
Every chess player knows what is meant by the ‘power of four’… a domination of the four central squares on the chess board means you’ve managed to eke out a benefit that can very well go on to become the reason for your victory. If this can happen in a mere game it can be...
Change tomorrow and stay free!
I wanna be The voice of change! Hmmm… what is change? What changes? What can be changed? I wanna be The voice of change! Governments change Times change People change Change changes! I wanna be The voice of change! I change channels I change course I change my mind. I wanna be The voice of...
Surprise. Surprise. Surprise. – a winner’s mantra!
Winning isn’t just a feeling. Winning is a benefit. Winning means more. Winning gets you more. Winning leads you on to win more. Winning is a synonym for MORE! Just look at any of the winners anywhere… in politics, in sports, in the arts, in theatre, in films, in writing, in your class, your college,...
Utsav sells his first idea
This happened in the mid-nineties when I was in York, UK. My wife was there working for her DPhil as a Commonwealth Scholar and I was there with her for a few months to help her settle down and, of course, see as much of that country as possible. We had Pushkin, our son, with...
Who says kids don’t jam it? Get real!
Jam. Jam it! Jamming!! No, these aren’t curse words but they do mean something different to different people at different stages. A fruity preserve that goes on toast Or another word for DO Or be with people to play music Say JAM and that’s what you do! To relax or just chill out Or forcibly...
The tallest building in Lahore
When I was small I loved to hear Unending tales on every night Spell-bound by words I had no fear And thought I was another knight! Gardens where chocolates grew on trees Friendship with aliens from the stars Sailors who went across the seas These stories made a mark not scars. And one of them...
A grilling conversation with a fiery intent
‘Hi there… can we talk?’ I looked around and was taken aback to find a fiery grilled chicken piece waving frantically at me. ‘You?’ I asked with incredulity clearly infiltrating my voice, posture, and even expression. This was surely one of those hard-to-believe moments that I had, as yet, only read in novels. A conversation,...
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...
The Samsung Crossword
The mobilers day at Seoul in Korea was literally like a mystery being revealed to us layer by layer, idea by idea, innovation by innovation… there was wonder in our eyes, awe in our minds, and our faces were a mix of gasps and smiles. All this actually began right from the moment we landed...
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...
