The Idea-smithy

Attraction is purely chemical; a combination of various hormones produced by our bodies and reacting to each other. This is abundant. If we could find a way to power engines with the chemicals each of us generates, there would never be an energy crisis and the Middle East would just be another sandy place on [...]

I just discovered that The Idea-smithy has been nominated for the Indibloggies 2008 under the Best Personal Indiblog category.
Indibloggies is a prestigious award based on reader votes. There are multiple categories and my blog has been nominated under a new category called Best Personal Indiblog. Earlier Indibloggies winners include blogging stalwarts like Amit Varma, The [...]

The tee-shirt has long been standard youth apparel, worldover. Over the years, its fan base has extended outward and most people can claim to own at least a tee-shirt or two.
How do you wear your tee-shirt? Plain or prints? Bold colours, stark white or neutrals? On the front, the back or both? With a slogan, [...]

When the weather is dreary and my mood matches it, bright colours are the first thing I turn to, to cheer me up. Mumbai is normally sunny (barring those dull monsoon months) but the last few days have been a weird canvas of colourless insipidity. You can’t get too bright on a day like this.
I [...]

I saw Jail last night. This is the latest offering from the Madhur Bhandarkar stable and is about (yes of course) life within the confines of prison. One thing to say about Bhandarkar is that he definitely picks his topics well. From the plight of bar dancers to the socialite circles, the corporate battlefield and [...]

I wrote this post a really long time ago (which you’ll be able to tell from the outdated references). But I think it still holds true, even more today than earlier. So what say? Are we spiralling into a world of isolation while living in an illusion of connectedness?
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I was one of the laggard consumers in the [...]

Yesterday marked the end of NovelRace and today is the first day of NaNoWriMo. Mahafreed Irani has written a great story in Times of India today about the two writing events. The story quotes Aditya, Samit, Vishal, Angad and me.

Blogger Ramya Pandyan who is better known as Idea-smithy in cyberspace, is writing a novel set [...]