Of Monsters and Men

Of Monsters and Men

A series of happy coincidences introduced me to the Laneway Festival (or St. Jerome’s Laneway Festival, as it is also known) sometime towards the end of last year. The lineup of artists performing this time around was diverse and brilliant; the fact that Bat for Lashes was also going to...
The November revision of the Mumbai Auto-rickshaw Fare card for 2012

The November revision of the Mumbai Auto-rickshaw Fare card for 2012

The previous version of the fare card has seen over 13,562 downloads since I put it up in April (this is just counting the PDF file of the Mumbai version, the JPEG of the same saw 6,415 downloads, the Thane PDF and JPEG saw 2,301 and 1.364 downloads respectively, before...
Bombay Bicycle Club

Bombay Bicycle Club

One of the advantages of being constantly online and plugged into social networks, blogs, videos, films and websites is that you’re always coming across new music and bands through recommendations, mentions and background scores. When I come across a song I like I usually look it up through its lyrics...
Perfectly Fluffy Rice: The Absorption Method

Perfectly Fluffy Rice: The Absorption Method

One of the first things I had to figure out to cook after I set up the kitchen at home, was rice. Like most other things, I looked up how to do so on the internet and then proceeded to fine tune the process myself, over repeated attempts. I only...
The Design Manifesto

The Design Manifesto

This is the first of a set of three manifestos I’m writing which I hope will form the seed, soul and eventually the spine of what this site eventually hopes to be. This is something I have been putting off for a while now, not out of procrastination, but rather...
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First steps with bread: Sally Lunn bread

First steps with bread: Sally Lunn bread

There are few things as primordial and “back to roots” as the act of making bread. Its a very scientific process, with exact measures and proportions for everything that goes in it and it also calls for a certain degree of skill when it comes to kneading the dough to just the right consistency. There’s...
The Gastronomy Manifesto

The Gastronomy Manifesto

I’d like to state the obvious and declare to those who don’t know me that I thoroughly enjoy cooking. Oddly, this does not stem from a love of food (not that I don’t), but from a fixation with process, and the right way of doing things to achieve a defined end result. It isn’t art,...
The Music Manifesto

The Music Manifesto

I don’t think I’m really qualified to write about music, with neither a studied knowledge of the language of music, nor massive experience in a band. The reason it finds a space here is because of the fact that music is a prominent part of my existence, from the eternal search for good music, old...