Woody Allen must visit Punjab
Research says 'Phone ringing symphony' in ofis causes insanity and complicated high-strung women. My research.
A soooooooper quickie for PY
This ‘Share the Road’ logo has been contributed by Jasbir Singh, who took it from sources unknown to me. So much for due credit, heh.
And this is the Group's message, not my personal thoughts.
In Dad’s house
P: Just sit and look at this guy. California. MBA. Blah .. blah.. And he is your height.
Me: No, Papa. I told you… I’m old fashioned. Only taller guys turn me on.
P: Yeh ‘turn me on’ kya hota hai’?
Trade secret
Advertising people are forever turning Corbis blondes into brunettes for the Indian market. Heh. Watch out for a streak of gold.
I am what I make
Looked at a Walt Disney illustrations book. Whoa inspiring. Malgudi and Laxman’s illustrations. They got their own identity. So does Ruskin Bond. Simple and good. Full of crisp Mussoorie air. Just like the book-keepers like him. XKCD – line drawings.. snug in their niche. British caricatures. The classic drawings of Alice in Wonderland with the cross-hatched and avuncular hookah puffing caterpillar. Those H2O+ scrub and face cleanser bottles. Bold and solid coloured. Thick thack. And yes, LUSH – as candid and natural, cool and indulgent as its blocks of strawbewwy, chocolate, porous purple and seedy papaya soaps. Unlike so much clutter, brands that chicken out and dilute their messages to suit just EVERYBODY. In short – no fun.
What am I doing creating mediocrity when I could do things exactly how I find them right. Brutal minuses. Bold additions. Whatever.. as per a mood, as per flow. Better to take a risk and have 3 hits and 4 misses than 7 also-rans. Easier said than done. More fun.
Let’s get down to something chewy.
Rain stirs shayari
Jab Tak Tha Dum Mein Dum
Na Dabe Aasman Se Hum
Jub Dum Nikal Gaya
To Zameen ne daba liya ...
told by Sachin Gupta
Hi fashion designers,
Lissun. Here is a golden world-famous opportunity. Let me tell you that very boring knee-guards etc are available in the market at chemist stores. Wrist bands still have designs but elbow and knee guards, used a lot by cyclists (MTB) are just not happening. They’re like granddaddy’s underwear design. I am not talking of knee caps; not talking of the complicated stuff with panels and casing; just the knee guards which are cylindrical tight ribbed-elastic things. Simple to make. Need a hole on top of the knee to keep the movement going. Hope for Metal or Punk style graphics. Anything but the boring peach/cream guards. Y’know, happier street-style stuff. Sell your design to Reebok. Lemme know if anyone makes an initiative. What say?
This I-day bug just worms inside, y’know
Free to run and cycle
Free to distribute pink chaddis
Free moods, Free willCheck weight on the colourful-bulbs railway-scales
Jump in and chuk-chuk to anywhere
Wave off accosting hijras
Free to write honestly
But then that’s a matter of guts.
Free to hold a handycam and shoot a $70 movie Free to design swine flu masks and hit headlines
Free to write Kari
Free to be Nirmal PulickalFree to be a ‘Will write awesome poetry for money’ beggar in CP (Will do. You in?)
Abhai’s as free as he believes he is. Loud and Clear VIVE LIBRE.