Cycling Expeditions in India and beyond
Delhi MTB trails
Ladakh expedition in Aug-Sept. Call them up if the site isn’t useful.
Himachal MTB rally
MTB routes over Ladakh, Kumaon, Garhwal,
International Bike tours here
Everything about cycling
People are doing it!
Alaska to Panama by Michal Brichacek http://www.cyclingforacause.com/
Circumnavigation of the globe by Irish guys - Simon Evans and Fearghal O'Nuallai. http://revolutioncycle.ie/
And my first influence – Dervla Murphy who traveled from Ireland to India on Roz in 1963. Lhasa to Kathmandu - http://www.lhasa-2-kathmandu.co.uk/start%20.htm
Illustrations for children
The scarecrow and the stag
Wind, Sun and Moon were invited by their aunt and uncle, Thunder and Lightning to dinner.
The Thai King liked to gift White Elephants to his noblemen. It wasn't such a great gift though. It couldn’t be put to work or sold as it was considered sacred. It just ate, ate and ate.
Who others in marketing?
Companies go to design agencies for brand identity - logo, letterheads, invitations, envelopes, store front, signage etc.
To advertising agencies for print ads and TV/Radio commercials.
Like Ogilvy and JWT.
And to search engine marketers to make their presence felt online through banners, search engine results, Adwords, social networking sites, blogs.
Like envigo and Vendlab.
To event management companies (models, lighting, equipment, inviting, celeb in front row, flowers, food etc)
They also keep in touch with a PR agency for contacts, keeping in the loop.
Like Simran Singh and Associates
For store window displays, individual Visual Merchandisers are hired.
Like Manu Mansheet.
Hmm.. that’s a lot of people.
Flipping through an Indian Fashion Catalogue
Minimalism mixes with a need for elaborate expression. Roses heap on dresses; but its grey on dull blue.
Rajesh Pratap Singh.
Embellishments and fabrics of ghagras squeezed into bustiers and mini-skirts. The lingering romance of stringy backs and elaborately embroidered necklines.
Floral Girly Summer whites with breathe-easy transparency. Maybe a touch of Japanese hues in an Indian Indian summer.
Flounces and Ruffles
A defiant creature in trailing robes
A fashionable urchin
Peach Sap Green and WHITE
Abraham and Thakore
Tussar silk… red textured with gold disturbances. A culture to run your hand over, crush as you recline in gorgeous array.
Gaurav Gupta
Detailed motifs like Persian illustrations or just repetitive bee-hive hexagons printed, reprinted all over to create an intricate medium.
Cue
Malini Ramani. The JP Gaultier of
Classic black with gold embroidery. Could be a curtain, sofa or dress. Velvet dress. Old-world beauty sewn in every seam, every patch of the garment.
Elegance so delicate it may evaporate, fashion mixing with oil paintings, the regal long kurtas on flared pants – so reminiscent of early Indian fashion. The 90s. Muzaffar and Meera Ali.
Those typical peach dresses in chiffon, the gold blingy sheer dresses. Tiered skirts in beige. All that you already seen but may still have an eye on.
Manish Malhotra.
Inspirations from the floral whites of Mediterranean vineyard festivities, from the blue and gold silk of Bharatnatyam costumes.
White embroidery on white, pleats and pin tucks and patchwork that don’t stand out due to a universal neutral shade, but build a richness nevertheless. Rohit Bal.
The typical silver jewellery, undecided between its tribal Indian origins and contemporary air.
Sabyasachi. Liberal. Authentic. Disputably understated. Picking from fabrics worn around the house, glamorizing them with a dash of gold and then negating it with an unflattering shape. Grandmother’s trunk to pull rags and riches out of.
Handbags and sandals, their bling exaggerated by placing them along dry wooden barks. Clutches. Fat bands of rings, even ear-rings with mineral-ore like stones set in them. Nature to be sported on your ear-lobes and neck, accentuating the dull gold or self-effacing black of your dress.