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235 days ago
So I’m finally doing what I have been wanting to do for so long—writing about music for a music magazine, for the love of music. But I never really thought that something that you love doing takes this much hard work. I mean, you think that it would be second nature. But you have to sink yourself in. You gotta listen to the songs a billion times till the riffs and strings buzz in your ears. You gotta read the lyrics and get into the mind of the musician—someone who has been into this business almost all his life (read: The Boss, Bruce Springsteen), eons before you even knew what ‘music’ meant to you. Quite simply, you need to be lost in someone else’s hardw ork, finesse and perfection, in order to find yours. At the end of the day, it finally dawned that for me, THIS is where effort should count, with no strings attached. Nevermind the forgotten credits. Nevermind spending hours and days, trying to figure out how best to describe something that seems so sculpted to perfection in ...
344 days ago
1.) Talking to Sis about the recent Mumbai terror attacks That was probably the longest conversation I have ever had with her. I think that's what's strangely weird, yet heartwarming about this family. We don't have to say we love each other. We don't need to. The love is somewhere laced and smuggled between the swapping of recipes, mutual dissing of school teachers and politicians - and of late the horrific attacks. And I think the very first, open-minded discussion I had about the attacks was with this usually hypertense woman. And I'm glad I shared it with her. In a way, it was her way of saying that she is happy with her new married life, and my way of saying that I'll be fine. 2.) Talking to Ze Love Guru about the four of us If Ze Love Guru were a man, we would've been soulmates. We think alike. We speak the same things, at the same time. I was waiting at the station, thinking about how I missed our conversations and wisdomous swappings about life and ...
442 days ago
In the past two years, I have been juggling with trying to fulfil three main compromises—‘work’, ‘family’ and ‘friends’. And during that time, I could fulfil only two. Temporarily. In May, I fulfilled ‘family’. In July, it was joined by ‘work’. But in September, I realised I lost ‘friends’. I lost two to stable love lives (and I cannot blame them). I might be losing three to successful careers (and I have the utmost respect for them). I am also losing a potential friend to a world out there that needs to be explored (and I am actually quite envious!). And I think I just lost my best one…to nothing. So if the fourth, obvious compromise comes at my doorstep, right about now, I think I can score a jackpot.
534 days ago
1.) The Dark Knight Two words why – Heath Ledger. Lot of respect for the actor he turned out to be.. and boy, did it show in Monster’s Ball, Lords of Dogtown and Brokeback Mountain. And of course, Christian Bale. He gets my 5000 brownie points for resurrecting the uber-coolism in Batman movies. Correction – ALL superhero movies. 'Have made a mental note to keep a watch on Aaron Eckhart. That guy has made some wise choices of late, namely Thank You for Smoking and No Reservations. I bet he's got more sass for the killer role of District Attorney, Harvey Dent he's playing here. 2.) Sex & the City Purely because I know I’ll have mixed opinions. Like I did for The Simpsons Movie (which I thought was strictly ok, as compared to the South Park movies). The trend is familiar – the series does great, generates a cult following, ends in flying colours and big awards. Then hype builds up for ‘talks about a full feature’. Eventually so do the rumours, the endless discussions ...
550 days ago
Seven travelers, one 14 hr train journey, one scary fainting stint, 1381 km crossed, Two hand sanitizer bottles emptied Four complete days and nights, three hotels Seven temples, one free humble lunch at one temple 20 Dosas lovingly wrapped/served in banana leaves, each anywhere between Rs.10-15 One kg. mangoes, one kg. Mysore bananas, 12 fresh coconuts Zero beers, Zero worries One heartiest veg. thali One beach, one bag of ashes submitted to the sea Four stores with my surname, three bungalows I liked one belonging to a very hardworking cousin, one inspiration to own one just like that, one spontaneous retirement plan made One ice cream parlour called ‘Ideal’, three ‘gadbads’, one litchi ice cream, one duet, one dil kush, one chocolate dad One dog of course, one hungry cat, two lizards corresponding to two sub-standard hotels Zero cow dumpings ...
