The Idea-smithy

Mum’s been looking for a whiteboard to replace the one that fell off her fridge door for awhile. I bought her one of those write-and-wipe boards that they sell on trains for kids, thinking it would serve the purpose. Apparently it let out dad’s inner child as well as he took the scribbling to [...]

The Kala Ghoda Art Festival 2010 kicked off to a rollicking start on Saturday. After sampling a bit of literature, visual art, music and food through the day, I finally settled on theatre for my final course in the night. The play ‘Dance Like A Man’ was being staged at Horniman Circle at 7.30 p.m.
I’ve [...]

The Kala Ghoda Art Festival 2010 kicked off this morning (yesterday morning, technically, since its past midnight as I’m writing this).

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I’m just home from an amazing weekend. Actually it was only one evening but it packed in so much that it feels like I had an entire weekend.
My friend Reena got married yesterday to her longtime sweetheart Melroy. I met Reena through Adi and bonded with her at The Wall Project. If you visit the [...]

Language, accent, instruments, voice intonations are all things that we respond to first out of familiarity and only later from real appreciation.

This is Kenneth Lobo. Apart from the fact that he organizes a really cool event or two each week (Movies! Poetry! Music!) as a part of The Bombay Elektrik Projekt, he looks just like a regular guy.
Ah, but appearances can be deceptive. Does this look like the face of a man who waltzes off to [...]

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 [...]