The Idea-smithy

Srini in a Thai village
In response to the post with the same pic on Srini’s blog
It’s a long way to the end of the road
My wheels turn on tirelessly
On one side, the world as I know it
Calls out to me enchanting in its various delights
And on the other the lure of the unknown
Whispers secrets to [...]

I get the feeling that when I was younger, I looked too much, absorbed too much and was too overwhelmed and overflowing with all the impressions to be anything more than a mirror to the rest of the world. I didn’t know who I was or what I wanted to do in life. I spent [...]

We got our first car when I was 5. My mother described it as an ‘off-white Fiat’ and proceeded to invite all the kids in the colony for a ride. I was disappointed though. Why? Because I wanted an autorickshaw.
I figured dad could sit in driver’s seat and mum and I would ride in the [...]

Monday evening with My Cool Gujju Pal (MCGP)….
Me: I don’t like gujjus
MCGP: Why?
Me: Because they’re all like you
MCGP: Seriously bataa na…why?
Me: Because I met too many of them in my teenage years, the ‘typical manibens’
MCGP: Hmph…you only met the Makabos
Me: Huh? Maka-pavs you mean….you ass, those are the guys from Goa. I meant the other [...]

Inspired by the latest pic on Chakshu’s blog
Boyfriends
Lessons from the past
Jobs
Trust
Goodwill
Vegetables (I can never tell ‘overripe’ from ‘rotten’)
Fashions (Why am I always stuck with stuff that’s out the day after I buy it??????)
Footwear (parties & interviews appear to sound the death knell for block heels n sandal straps)
Top-down is the order of priority. Bottom-up is [...]

Just lying on my back
And watching thoughts stumble across my mind
I seem to have fallen into a habit of brooding
It starts with one annoying thing…that makes me see red
And I stifle it under the thin plastic blue tarpaulin that keeps out the storm
Disturbingly, it causes a bruise that turns purplish
Bottle-green dots of melancholy waft over [...]

A sense of rootlessness assails me
Here I am, two and a half decades old…and feeling every minute of it
Living charades every day
Juggling roles and discarding masks for newer ones
Doing everything right, hoping there’ll be an answer at the end.
Running, running, constantly running
To keep up with this carnival I’m a part of
Trying every ride because I [...]