shades of blues and dirty purples

tanking

this sinking feeling

for once, these are images taken with an actual camera. click to see larger versions. thankgod for friends with SLRs and their generosity

a ceiling
and a sinking feeling
that the purple around the sun
is imaginary,
and, actually, the night road is
dark circles around my eyes.
my smile lies;
it likes lying.
a petrifying thought of fakeness,
and that grapes
were never sweet or sour.
it was simply one hour of a nap
when i dreamt of a Huysum canvas
yesterday on a lonely evening
or the day before;
all i am
is tired feet on a cold floor
and purring of a warm shower,
sour grapes
and my smile that fakes
happiness

We were observing a solar eclipse several weeks ago; surely i slacked to put up proof

this particular variety of chaat is also known as "almond danish" in our cafeteria

and they say there is no Playboy India!

i pretty much blank here

bberry also got a nice spot to watch

What can I say? This was an insane experience. If you want to see this live, visit Hanuman’s Temple in Hampi. Enjoy the climb.

Poussin would be jealous

dove

Black-(Sc)holes option pricing model is settling into my head at a very low speed; luckily, the library is full of awesome windows.

sprout

studious

meritocracy

a constellation of windows makes a stylish desktop background.

I am sure right about now you are considering losing sleep over trying to get this wallpaper since nothing can be prettier than views from the ISB library windows. Don’t bother –> CLICK HERE

Long time no see

Two papers to write => time to vent.

1. DeviantArt has made changes to the website, so the RSS plugin is not working. Sorreys! Waiting for an update.
2. It has been a little more than 7 months since I left New York. Newness of India has faded, salad-less days and walk-less evenings are gnawing me for change.  It is time to indulge in new madness, so that the tenderness towards the land of warmth and color does not fade as well.

Outfit by GABA, Lakme Fashion Week, Mumbai, October 24, 2008.

I have been on the quest for the cool Indian designers since I landed in Hyderabad over three months ago. Fighting of the human calculators and living in the “small town” of four million people does not exactly aid my mission.

Finally, a finding happened last weekend at Anonym, one of Hyderabad’s few interesting clothing shops. Mild pastels, necessary minimum of detail and extreme attention to comfort singled out GABA from all of the other stuff in the store. Aneeth Arora and Chinar Farooqui, the makers of the brand, use earthy colors and natural fabrics. In the midst of “new” India, full of screaming billboards and modern concrete mosters, GABA offers comfort of the “old,” which is similar across the cultures. A GABA woman radiates warm assertiveness, quiet happiness and relaxing well-being. At the same time, she is stylish, and… cool.

haning around Charminar

I have no idea what mad person would rather chase after some Cournot Equilibrium than explore pretty things. This clearly makes me, to put it in mild terms, less than excellent profit-maximization-focused MBA student. There is nobody to hang out with during exams, which forces self-entertainment; thus, forth come such posts.

Charminar court

street madness can never be understood from a picture