The Root of the Problem

There is a scene in Love Aaj Kal, where Jai (Saif Ali Khan) is discussing his problem with Veer Singh (Rishi Kapoor). Now the fact is, Imtiaz Ali can write kickass lines straight out of your daily life. Jai says, ” Zyada der dukh nahin rah sakta. Defective piece hoon main. Phat se teek ho [...]

The View From Behind The Wheel

I have the perfect answer. To the question, “When do you feel your most liberated self?”, I have the perfect answer. It’s got to be behind the wheels. But not just a car. Even when I am riding on the two wheeler, there is a fleeting moment of nirvana that repeats itself in a loop [...]

Switching Coordinates

Nietzsche said, “Love is more afraid of change than destruction”. The love for a city, a place, a pigeon hole is so terrified of change. And the logistics is only least of the problems. It takes quite some time to fall in love with the place you’ve moved in. And once you are firmly settled [...]

Sandbox

The vast expanse of the beach lay before him like the open world that waited for him to challenge himself. But he wouldn’t budge from his squatting position in the middle. He picked up a handful of sand and held it in front of his eyes, the hand over his knees. He gently closed his [...]

Shifting the Stick

They just zoom past you on all fours. As in, from all the four sides. The green scooter guy dares to butt in just in front of your side mirror. He has three people squatting tight behind him. An elderly woman holding a kid and a five year old sandwiched in between. You just apply [...]

Madras

It was not supposed to be this way but we’ll take this anyway. For now, we are on a break, going around this wonderful city and meeting lots and lots of people! It’s good to be back after about 22 months.

Jai Guru Deva

Words are flowing out like
endless rain into a paper cup
They slither while they pass
They slip away across the universe

It’s a sad sad life when all our happiness and sorrow is derived from others expectations of us. Or so we think. But we still live trapped inside an infinite space of monotony sucking us further [...]

Hello World

I am NOT a phone person.
I just cannot talk hours into the phone like many of my friends, or anyone for that matter, do. Most of the time I’ll draw a total blank on what to say next. Or rather what to talk about next. The habit or lack of it, has probably cost me [...]

Break Free

The mood is to just give it all up and break free. The problem is that it is short lived. Let me define “break free”.
I have to read these books:
Twilight
Midnight’s Children
Unaccustomed Earth
Blink
..and many more.
I have to watch these movies:
Saroja
Burn After Reading
Max Payne
Into the Wild
Vaaranam Aayiram
Quantum of Solace
Slumdog Millionaire
..and many more.
While am it it, I would [...]

All the Walks of Life

The first one I remember is the long, winding walk from the PSBB kindergarten buildings.
The one past the slides and swings and to the gate outside. I wasn’t as bad as my brother when it came to crying for going to school. A lot of time was spent on the slides, and not on the [...]