The Idea-smithy

If you’ve been in Mumbai and not taken a ferry ride from the Gateway of India, you should…go jump into the (dirty) water!!!!! And there you might catch a glimpse of the humanness underneath the gritty mask this city wears.

I saw these boys splashing about between the ferries parked (anchored?) near the steps leading down [...]

The day after diwali. *Sniff*
No, I’m not mourning the end of a holiday. I’m just exhibiting the signs of being a casualty of polluted air-breathing (in an already polluted city, how E!Extreme is that?) That should probably be *SNIFFLE* instead. There, then.
Yesterday I told her,
This is lovely weather. Isn’t it lovely weather?
No, it isn’t. It [...]

Because companionship is such a complex thing.
(Thank you for a lovely week!)

…is a two-way street
with a lot of potholes
and not enough speed-breakers.
If you do manage to make it down the street, it’ll likely not be in one piece.
Well, minus some expectations at least.

Raj Thackeray was arrested yesterday. Ho hum, so what else is new?
I woke up to the news channels airing footage shot hours ago, of the MNS chief being escorted into the police van at Ratnagiri and a few fancy-looking maps showing blinking dots in the areas of Borivili, Andheri, Dadar and Worli.
Violence has erupted in [...]

What makes a good first date?

Zero awkwardness
Lots of laughter
Meaningful conversations (even if they go across different time-zones!)
Smiling – sweet smiles, secret smiles, silly smiles, wicked smiles, shared smiles, smiley smiles

What makes a great first date?
Hoping there’ll be another.
I got it.

Yes, I did think of the world that makes home – friends, blog, work, people – a lot. I promised myself I wouldn’t blog or worry or stress or do any of the things I normally do, while on vacation. But two measly days in, I found myself reaching for my pen and notebook. I [...]