The Idea-smithy

If Art be the much loved child
Carried to term and delivered by the nurturing womb of Creativity
Which in turn, is impregnated by the sperm-seed of an Idea
What else can Curiosity be
…but the passionate union?
And yet it takes two to unite, to create.
But Art, owned by the artist and not the inspiration,  remains forevermore the mother’s child.
And [...]

Walk into any restaurant in Tamil Nadu – a top-notch local cuisine spread or a roadside ‘rest-o-ruant’. Underneath the socio-economic differences, a little voice pipes up “We’re all the same! Tamizh vazhuga” (Long live Tamizh for the uninitiated..ummmm..un-Tamizhized). Don’t believe me? Run a quick finger down the menu….getting closer…closer…ah, ah there…oops, no missed it! Didn’t [...]

As regards the lust for life, emotion is the biggest aphrodisiac.
On the other hand, even nymphets must stop sometime.
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But do take note of this lesser known fact.

Why destroy something because you cannot have it?
Destroy the desire
Destroy the obsession to own
..the very need.
And if there is divinity enough
Cherish and nurture that desire
After all, there is poetry in yearning
…beauty in unrequited longing
…romance in the unattainable.

Sometimes,
you close your eyes
to shut out the whole world
Pretending,
you’re the only one in it
For a piece
of that illusory peace
 
 
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Sometimes,
you close your eyes
And leave them shut
Just to see if,
when you open them
the other person is still there
 
 
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Speakers interchanged
But the words stayed true.

Bizarre day. Presentation, twenty thousand phone calls before and after and then a meeting on conference call. I stumble back to my seat and announce:
I’m tired of talking.
SNC (in an indecently gleeful tone):
I think I’ll send that out on an all-company e-mail!
SFOS to SNC (on chat accompanied by smileys):
I heard that! Is that true??
Me:
I [...]

Oh yes, everybody, we love the Island City. Not for its glittery Page 3 crowd, not for Bollywood, not for the stock markets and business hubs. We love it because it is a city of survivors, it is the city with a never-say-die attitude. Well, why not? That’s the only way to survive the mayhem [...]