All Things Considered

It is amazing how people come to you with plaguing problems that need solution and when you actually start fixing them they hate you for doing so ! :)

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This is an attempt to answer that question that people seem to be asking too much lately. “Not writing on the blog ? Whatz up lately ?”
- Was at IFFI Goa - 3-4 days of movies back to back. Life seemed too perfect. It was, too.
- Idlyllic Karwar and that unforgettable sunset with green(yes, green), […]

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Does money buy you happiness? ‘It cannot buy you happiness,’ he said. ‘Some independence, yes.’
The calculated relevance of money.
[The quote itself is from an interview excerpt of Roman Abramovich , sent by a friend]

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A friend and I had been on a recent trip to Mangalore, Udupi/Malpe and we thought it was great fun! Until we recounted  that weekend a coupla days back during another trip ..

Here, a summary of events:
- Stuck in a horrible traffic jam near the Majestic Bus stand. We walked the last kilometer to the bus stand in all […]

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Jerome K Jerome and I have an amazing connection.  It is a pity that two people who connect so well were born in two different continents, a century apart.  And that we never even got a chance to meet and say hello.  Fate, one calls it ?
 You know what the thing is with this Slow-down-We-are-moving-fast-Letz-make-the-moment-last anthem ? It is cloying. Too […]

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Of all the foolishness & deceit that goes on in this world, this ‘cognitive’ fraud called weather forecast is probably the biggest. The ‘forecast’ seems to be more or less the same as how the weather was today. And naturally, exactly the opposite of how that ‘tomorrow’ pans out.

A friend calls from Switzerland to tell me […]

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When a person walks into your salon to get a hair-cut done, please please try not to assume anything about the individual’s likes or dislikes, will ya ? Can you please not assume that everyone wants their hair stylish ? Did it ever occur to you that some people come for their hair-cut only because they […]

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At any point in time in life, one needs to be able to pack all that one owns in a tiny backpack and continue on the journey. Such has been my view on personal possessions. Stay light.  It is also one of those views that I’ve always held onto but have never complied to entirely.

Even when […]

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Trouble , as I understood later, can come in all shapes and forms. My trouble took the form of a dream, a dream filled with pieces of glasses. Just that, those glass pieces in my dreams were made by Nikon :)

So about a year ago, I bought a Nikon SLR and a 18-70mm zoom lens. […]

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Re-reading a book on Che. Revolution after revolution, struggle after struggle - And all of this year after year. How much can one man do ! I can’t help but wonder how Cuba & LatAm would have been like today, had he been alive.
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Read below a poem (by Rudyard Kipling) for truly all times and moods. The first time […]

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(This will be my new home. For those of you who had access to my older blog, I’ll try to move a part of the blog pretty soon. Try not to be mad, until then) 
My friend came back from her business trip to Helsinki. I got a wooden all-purpose mug (I can’t make out what wood it […]

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