The Idea-smithy

What a strange dream that was.
Do you ever wonder what your dreams mean? Of course you do, everyone does. There’s a whole genre of study devoted to understanding the interpretation of dreams – from the scientific, medical point of view as well as the esoteric, mystical side. One of the most succint opinions I’ve ever [...]

If there is a God,
then why did he give me wings and a cage?

An old post retreived from the long-dead Office Capers. It’s still funny, I think.
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Today I put my techno-greek foot back in my mouth (again! again! again!)
Someone from the next cubicle (SNC): Do you know the iRiver?
Me: The what river?
SNC: Okay, you don’t know it.
Me: I didn’t hear you…what river?
SNC: The iRiver
Me: I don’t know it. [...]

I thought I’d die if I didn’t have you
And I very nearly threw away my life when you asked me to
Just about but not quite
Because in the last minute, some shred of something pulled me back
What was it?
Self-preservation? Self-respect? Dignity? Sensibility?
You called it selfishness
I’m so glad that I’m a selfish person
It saved my life
That I [...]

It has been nearly a week now since The Wall Project and I’m so happy to say that it was a stupendous, tremendous, awesome success! I was thrilled to have been part of the event. The photographs are still surfacing on Facebook, people tagging each other and comparing notes.
Having put out an ‘official’ call on [...]

So here’s the next update of NovelRace. Things went a little awry last week since the last update got pushed into the middle of last week and I got busy over the weekend with The Wall Project.
Last week, on account of having to ration my internet usage, I ended up concentrating on the novel a [...]

Pop culture meets city pride. What better way to get citizens invested in beautification than to get them involved in it too? Here’s presenting THE WALL PROJECT that invites Mumbaikers to express themselves in colour on the city’s walls. The Project has been undertaken at several other locations before. This Independence day (15th and 16th [...]