Stress is in the air

Everyone around me looks completely harrowed and stressed out..wonder why..its tht last lap of the semester... 3 weeks to go.

there is joy of only three weeks to go and then there is realisation in tht very minute about the amount of work to be done in those three weeks.

somehow i feel my fittest best when i am stressed and i know i hv loads of work to get done... i like that pleasure in pain feeling!!! :)

...and it shall last!!!

Its been a while since I have put up anything. sometimes cos I didnt have time, sometimes cos I didnt feel like... but its that time of the year which you just cannot miss...

once again I look out to a white blanket. I know it'll last for long..but its just so pretty right now.

Standing in the snow for two hours this morning was no fun...

but gettin back to the warmth... its so different this time... :)

"When we finally kissgoodnight

How I'll hate going out in the storm!

But if you'll really hold me tight

All the way home I'll be warm

The fire is slowly dying

And, my dear, we're still goodbying

But as long as you love me so

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"

of cravings

I crave right now...


1.to be at home and eat sabudana khichdi or pohe for breakfast!!!... am sick of a waffle and cereal breakfast
2.for shoppin in bombay... so so so so very badly right now
3.for junk food off the streets( hmm almost)... pani puri and spring dosa!!! and oily chinese!!! aaahhh
4.for an i-pod
5.and a new digi cam...

its funny how the list progressively changed to the materialistic

INDIAAAAAAAAA...AAAAAH

ok i just blogged a few minutes ago... but I so have to write this right now. (so read the previous one first to get the link)

i came back form the 'bombay exhibit' in the gallery space...


just to remind u that the exhibit was in ' an architecture school' and not any part gallery or soemthing...

the contents of the exhibit....

1. tandoori chicken and samosa...both deformed... but a great attempt!!!
2. monsoon wedding being screened on a tv
3. bunty aur bubli being screened on a tv
4. a video about the squatters and random people walkin on the road
5. several sarees.... hanging form the top
4. pottery and mirror work and other 'artifacts'...which u as a 'foreigner' just cannot skip on colaba causeway
5. chappals and junk jewellery sold by the same guy outside mondy's(cafe mondegar) for 1/10th of the price that shamli and I used to buy it for.

So how many of you think the entire essence of India was captured? well thats not easy a task... but still!!!

Overheards " oh isnt that THE BIG SUPER MALL"... thats about 'crossroads'..didnt we leave that one behind ages ago?

" 'bombay store'... I loved that place... have never seen anythin more beautiful ..blah blah.. "

and finally wine... i dont knowwhere that came from..may be desi daru would have been a better fit...

Well that was about what was on display..am not gonna be judgemental about this scenario..but am extreemly amused to say the least!!!

only one thing kept ringing in my ears... this audio I had heard on "INDIAAAAA" in a sultry trying to be deeeep voice describing India some many years ago... it was as though the whole exhibit was shouting out the samething to me in that exact same voice.

A declaration and concern

I have to admit that about two weeks ago my blogs were becomin more and more depressing leaving a lot of people wondering as to whats goin on...i think i finally figured it out today...
what i would call the architect's version of the 'writer's block'...

i was gettin bogged down so much so that I began to even debate my career choice... i was more than over worked but was just not happy with what was comin out of it...maybe i was pushin myself too hard!!!

I am never satisfied with my work is a given... but this was a completely different feelin ... and am so glad am out of it now.

it was a feelin of being at the completely wrong place... but I guess like all other things this one too fell in place... and I know as a 100 percent track record that every architect goes thru this 'feeling' and that too frequently... anyway thats tht.

there is wierd korean couple in the desk behind me right now....the wife keeps squeekingly complaining about every damn thing it seems like.. wierd noises is all i can gather of the whole scenario behind my back

another thing which is on my mind off late is this overdose of 'exotic india' 'incredible india' imagery which is floating in my school...thanks to atleast a dozen out of 80 people having visited bombay-delhi-agra in the past 5 months... and yelling out the word 'bombay' in the studio in that oh so typical accent atleast a dozen times in the day.

i am glad and sad too... glad about the awareness yes... but its all the same old redundant awareness...

of exotic sadhus,oh so pretty fabrics,(these fake silk sarees are hanging down in the corridor and people who are not meant to look nice in salwar khameez' are wearing jsut that) homelessness, diversity( in costume?), chat and blah blah...

i totally agree that its a great thing that these guys are gettin exposed to the 'contemporary indian culture' but why yet in the 'exotic india way?' why dont we just project the image of a real contemporary india....

whtever... i am goin to hog on the 'bombay food' apparently which is a part of the exhibit.