Cheesecake Adventures

Holding Rank #1 is eternally the Turquoise Villa Cheesecake in Ahmedabad but the Magic Baked New York Cheesecake from Big Chill, New Delhi comes a close second. Especially if it has been a culmination of driving from cafe to cafe, through North, West, East and South Delhi to find that perfect cheesecake you tasted eons…

Light in Dark Places

Every good photographer knows that light is one of the most important factors when taking a picture. Whether they know this instinctually, via ample reading or as a result of years of practice is immaterial. This also happens to be one of the reasons sunsets and lanterns make for a large component of exhibitions. A…

How To Be A Kid Again

Remember when you were little and were excited and enthusiastic about everything? The world was your oyster and you couldn’t wait to find your pearl. It’s a little tragic that the first feeling you have when you enter a hotel room isn’t “Let’s jump on the bed!” Nostalgic already? A little sad? Want to cry…

Crush Vs Love

Have you ever wondered when it is exactly that little boys stop thinking “Girls Are Yuckkkkk!!” and actually start Wanting to spend time with them? Have you wondered what it is exactly that makes these two-legged walking, talking tornadoes you can’t help but smile at behave semi-human? A recent conversation with a little brother young…

Turning of the Wheel

A wise woman once told me, and it also an Eragon quote, “What an elf doesn’t say is more important” except she said photograph. So what can you do to add a little mystery to your photograph? Framing, my friend, is your best friend. At Jaipur Literature Festival, a few years ago, I found an…

Not All Who Wander Are Lost

Captain Barbossa, from Pirates of the Caribbean, said, For sure, you have to be lost to find a place that can’t be found, elseways everyone would know where it was. Epic photographs probably meant likewise. So wander, till you see wildlife and have no cell phone reception. Tell me it isn’t true, when you are standing…

Desert Love

The world is Mysterious & Awesome said Marshall Erikson, and he has never been more right than when you stood in front of vast Desert sands, much like the vast sands of time. Watching the rippled waves of loose microscopic grains stretch to touch the horizon, and turn into the golden yellow sky of the…

Photograph of the Day

The anticipation of death is worse than death itself. The same is true of happiness. Have you ever thought about the moment you consider the epitome of happiness in your life? Was it when you got those bizarre Donald Duck boxer shorts everyone ridiculed but the one you would have paid a slick salesman a…

A Fresh Start with Shantaram

You’ve spent the appropriate amount of time wailing and shedding bitter tears because an epic book you were reading concluded. Now, what? Any bibliophile who swears by the famous quotes running through their veins could easily impersonate Nostradamus for you. If you truly love books, not one of those superficial pretenders who claim they love books…

Bombay Diaries

Every Bombay local knows that the minute you step into South Bombay you head to classic eating outlets, each with its own unique appeal. Because Bombay locals know that to live is eat and to chill, preferably with a few close friends and abundant jokes. But what if you’re not a local? What if someone asks…

How to Get Kids to Like You

What are the most vicious, merciless, monsters that your ingenious imagination can construct?  No. They cannot be worse than a six-year-old on a sugar high. If you had half as much dedication to running like a train downhill without breaks, jumping till Time has protested against watching the repetitive action and circumventing a million relatives you didn’t…