Reading between the lines
That space between the linesRemains mute for mostLike a feast where nothing is served. Those who can, willSee a cache of blood-stained knivesAnd say: It is well-deserved. There can be barbed wiresGently palming and calmingDesperation that wants to escape. Or incomplete picturesOf nearly forgotten treksThrough the human landscape. That space between the linesSometimes needsA closer...
The double-helix of imagination and technology
Imagination is the most advanced technology that we have today. What is equally true is that technology today is also as imaginative as imagination can be… and so there is obviously no lockdown for an imaginative use of technology if one adds a bit of technology to imagination! There is a whole world beyond canoodles,...
GarhKundhar Fort – Baune chor ka kila
Garh Kundhar ka Quila… around 70 kms from Jhansi via Baruasagar and Niwari… has a history that is full of stories that can make one tremble with fear. I will soon be uploading a post on this fort but for now let me just say that this fort is also called ‘Bonae chor ka kila’...
This is art
This is art Living is an art. Life doesn’t need to wait for a photographer To come and click, a writer To sit and weave words, a painter To fill it with colours, or a musician To transform it through rhythm and beats. Living is an art.
Create or die
Being pro creation doesn’t mean you need to procreate or you will die. Nor does it work out if we just pick words out of create and say things like eat or die or rate or die. But then I guess we have all sorts in this world. After all, our eateries are thriving and...
Every brushstroke is an idea
The strange thing about ideas is that they do not necessarily happen at the right time… but they are there when their time has come. Just like brushstrokes. Or even a single brushstroke. The funny part is that a brush isn’t always smeared with paint. ‘What do you mean,’ she asked and she isn’t an...
The water of life
It was during a get-together with the medical fraternity that an interesting fact about the relationship of a healthy heart with moderate whisky drinking was revealed to me. One of the doctors there asked to be served a whisky that was at least 12 YO… and I was curious. ‘Any reason for this specific instruction,...
The purpose
Some of us are convinced that there is a purpose assigned to everything. A stone is there where it is for a purpose. That stone adopts different sizes over the years with some specific purpose in the mind of the creator. Inventions emerge only when they are supposed to… and this means there is a...
Ideas that work
It is often said that where MBAs are known to strut around with strategies that fail, an ordinary man on the street is replete with ideas that are workable… and often work. So it is with the mighty writers and food specialists telling us of what can be subtle and what is too raucous for...
I promise not to make you read
I know I have promised not to make you read… and this post stands up that promise. The only thing you’ll read are a few directions so you don’t remain confused while you’re here. Look at the picture below. Think about it. Make some conclusions. Write your conclusions in the comments below. There you are…...
We’re talking about art here
Do I make it short? Do I let it suddenly abort? Do I go on and on and on? Do I let my words just mourn? Do I let iambs burst out? Do I make it compact and stout? Do I in syllables fly? Do I have words that fret and cry? Do I write...
Sustainable Sydney
Trip: Sydney. 2012. Expedia made this trip to Sydney possible. You can catch them on Facebook, twitter, and even on Youtube. There is art everywhere in Sydney. I stepped out of Amora on Jamison Street and came face to face with art. Walk in any direction and you’ll encounter art. In front of building, in laneways, near...
