You say you like the prickly feeling, aroused on your tongue, After tasting a kiwi. The involuntary shudder reflected in the oval silver of the spoon. The pungent smell prickles your nose awakening your senses, and releasing a sea in your mouth. Stretched out in the afternoon sun, you delight in picking up a green… Continue reading Prickle
Category: Art and Culture
Is it cheating to use a photo editing program to modify your pictures?
I recently came across an Internet meme showing a monkey holding a camera. The caption below it read: “Now-a-days every monkey holding a DSLR thinks he’s a photographer.” The art of photography and photo editing has come a long way. What started off as a fascination with the just invented camera has now seen its… Continue reading Is it cheating to use a photo editing program to modify your pictures?
Earthquake or Mind Quake? When Manipal and Mangalore Trembled!
I am still delusional from about 2 hours ago. Had @Mukeshkini not tweeted about the tremblor in Manipal and corroborated with what I experienced about five minutes after the incident, I might have been in a position to dismiss it as a ghoulish day-dream or as they say in medical parlance, Post-Prandial hyperglycemia. Mild tremours… Continue reading Earthquake or Mind Quake? When Manipal and Mangalore Trembled!
Maravanthe – a short poem
The sweet Sharayu to my left The Hindu Maha Sagar to my right Like the white swan I swim Amid these two streams With Vaayu in between In ecstatic delight (Marvante is a beautiful village on the Mumbai-Mangalore highway and about 56 kilometers from Manipal. It is on the river bank of Sharayu, adjoining the… Continue reading Maravanthe – a short poem
The Warmth and the Heat
The flames danced wildly, and consumed them all Letters, cards and pictures, once preserved so dear I ripped into morsels, while the beast gave a growl And then they were tossed, first smoldered and then flared The ghost of what we shared, in cruel disbelief stared Till… Continue reading The Warmth and the Heat