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Zen and Sex – Dermot Davis: Jerky With a ForceFit Ending 26 Aug 2013 | 11:18 pm
Zen and Sex by Dermot Davis My rating: 2 of 5 stars Normally I enjoy a good romcom, even while cringing at the neediness of its main female character. Zen and Sex sounded interesting since it’s a ro...
Make Your City Safe: Do You Have Your Emergency Checklist? 21 Aug 2013 | 03:24 pm
The Make My City Safe Squad undertook another activity last week. Week 1 asked people to tweet a location and @MakeUrCitySafe would revert with the phone number of the police station closest to that p...
I’m Not A Real (Something Something)… 21 Aug 2013 | 01:12 pm
Do you know the number of times this sentence trips us up? I was watching ‘Julie and Julia’ last night. It reminds me of the beginnings of Write Click. And it takes me back to why I do what I do, how...
On Gentleness 18 Aug 2013 | 03:55 pm
This. So much comes up in silence, even somebody else’s silence. I was struck in an overwhelming manner by Gentleness. Notice, when Ulay approaches the table where Marina is seated. He’s a goodlookin...
I Style!: Retro Style for Gadgets 12 Aug 2013 | 02:32 pm
If this mobile phone were a woman, she’d be rocking the retro look. I spotted this cassette-style mobile phone cover on someone’s table at my last office. Gadgetry has become a vital part of our style...
Ideart: Music Is The Colour Of Mirth 10 Aug 2013 | 10:15 am
So I created this, from an old pickle jar, for a friend who wanted a picture of mirth (yellow and orange are those, aren’t they?). The sheet music and the rest of the symbols have special significance...
Mucking Out My Mind 9 Aug 2013 | 12:16 pm
I haven’t actually written anything real in awhile. I mean, ‘actually, actual-mein’ (like Shahid Kapoor says in Jab We Met). I’ve been posting content. I’ve been seeding conversations. I’ve been since...
I Style!: No Excess Baggage 6 Aug 2013 | 02:10 pm
I haven’t been a big fan of Fastrack ever since the ‘cheating is cool’ subtext in their ad campaign. But this duffel bag from their collection caught my eye, especially for its label. It reminded me o...
‘Make Your City Safe’ – A Citizen Safety Drive by Zicom 5 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
August on The Idea-smithy begins with a CSR initiative by Zicom called ‘Make Your City Safe‘. As an MYCS Squad member, I’ll be spearheading some actions and highlighting conversations around citizen s...
Ideart: Old Mattress on a Bottle 2 Aug 2013 | 10:13 am
I took this #ideastory and merged it into another artistic endeavor I’ve recently been experimenting with – bottle painting. One side of the bottle shows a stack of mattresses and bed linen. The other...
