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Sad

Why? Because, owing to the bunch of things I have to do (read and edit book, write kids story, find work, other stuff) over the next week, I have just had to say no to a holiday in the Andamans. for an outlook traveller article. the andamans. gone. sob. this is divine vengeance for not … Continue reading →

A Bandh Apart

Much fun at panel discussion on bandhs. Everyone an industrialist except Tollywood leading man Arindam Sil, Jayabroto Chatterjee and me. and the dean of icfai business schools. there was no argument of note, but still contradicted everyone and had good time. got to make closing argument etc etc. for someone who hadnt noticed the bandhs … Continue reading →

So

what should I do now?

From Neil Gaiman’s journal

“What I try and do is: 1) Finish it. 2) Put it away. Drawers are good. Don’t look at it for a week or so. 3) Read the whole thing, doing my best to pretend that I’ve never read it before. 4) Fix the big things. (These tend to be things that pop out at … Continue reading →

The IQfest continues…

Just saw Dhoom. Made me realize ive watched a lot of action movies…can identify the source of nearly every shot. of course, dhoom is a movie i relate to deeply from my personal biking experience. yes, you didnt know it, but im a speed racer. most memorable bike-related incidents. 1. in control of bike as … Continue reading →

Five point palm exploding keyboard technique

So, I watched KB2 again, sat down in front of that ol’ computer, said ‘you and i have unfinished business.’ ‘baby,’ said the computer, ‘you aint kidding.’ so i wrote another chapter.

The final cut

So, three blocks of text to go, and how do i spend my day? most productively. watched shark tale and kill bill vol 2. shark tale is fun, though not great. dont watch if you dont like will smith. angelina jolie is really attractive even as a fish but my favourite cartoon heartstopper (movie, lets … Continue reading →

The author-publisher equation as a comic-book cover

Ferdinand

…from the Babe series

Post wedding blues, thank god

On a less completely self-obsessed note, one of the Maheshwari brats from next door has tied the knot or whatever it is that they do, which means the ceaseless prewedding partying has, well, ceased to be ceaseless by ceasing. which means the rest of the neighbourhood doesnt have to listen to dhoom machale dhoom machale … Continue reading →