The reason I’ve been late with blog posts these past weeks is that I’m in Bangalore. And whenever I’m in Bangalore, meeting up with various people is always high on the agenda, including some of my writerly friends. A few day back, some of us managed to catch up. Tea and sandwiches were consumed, publishing […]
Scratchpad
Week #42: Thinking about language
The offspring of my sibling is awaiting a brother or sister any day now. Thus, every morning, the first question that gets asked is: “Has Zoe [the name given to the impending baby (I don’t know why!)] camed out yet?” No amount of coaxing and explaning has resulted in a grammatical correction. In fact, we’re […]
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Sims 3: The madness continues
This is an unscheduled post—and it’s all Marie’s fault who put temptation my way and caused me to stir up my Sims 3 legacy family. So, guess what happened within ten minutes of loading the game? I had twins, of course. It resulted in a seven-people household, with one toddler and two babies (which soon […]
Where’s the cake?!
Yes, it’s time to bring out the cake (chocolate only, please) and blow out the candles. Maybe since I’m turning 1048 years old, it really shouldn’t matter any more, but until all my brain cells decay, I don’t think I’ll stop getting excited about my birthday. Which is mostly because I love presents. The 37-year-old […]
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2014 Special: 52 weeks of reading and writing
I’m not quite sure why we get all excited about the new year. Apart from the fact that you have to get used to writing 2014 instead of 2013, nothing’s changed, has it? I, for one, am doing the same thing I was doing at this time yesterday—drinking a cup of tea, sitting at my […]
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A few good reasons
So much to do, so little time. Well, it always feels good to know my blog is being ignored for a good reason, but the truth of the matter is, I’ve always been terrible at managing time. How, despite that, I end up managing a freelance career is a mystery. Anyhow, here’s my list of […]
Inspiration
Edison’s quote about genius being 99 per cent perspiration and 1 per cent inspiration has long since crossed over into the realm of the cliché. Not that most of us have any claims to genius-hood, but even then, without that aforementioned 1 per cent, the grind of the remaining 99 would be unbearable. So what […]
What happened at Geo
Don’t believe everything you might have read about Outlook having decided to shut down three of their international magazines, Marie Claire, People and Geo. “We are not renewing our licences for these three international titles,” was the tame and completely reasonable explanation that Indranil Roy, president, Outlook Group, gave regarding the closures. But the way […]
Something about myself (or maybe not)
“Tell me something about yourself.” This was the one question I dreaded in the days when turning up for interviews and hoping to impress people with my spark and wit and potential as a great writer who they couldn’t do without in their organisation was how I spent a great deal of my time. Even […]
An uneasy silence
To what do I owe this particular silence? Well, there’s a long answer and a short answer. The short answer is: work. The long one is a bit more complex. Over the past two years I’ve been working at GEO magazine. This is my first “proper” job, as in where I need to go into […]