Open up..

Ended my summer interns with a beautiful play at Prithvi with Phonethics teammates.
A perfect ending to what started as a creative adventure.
I learned some amazing things I would never learn.
Worked with some very creative and gifted people.
Learned some harsh lessons and identified some critical shortcomings in myself.
But most importantly (and ironically), in this quest to unearth the digital world, I fell in love with something centuries older : Theatre.
This brings me to the topic of this post.
Be open. You never know what will come your way.
Learn. Unlearn. Relearn.

Superpowers

I remember the days when we played for hours
When we were young, we thought we had superpowers.

We climbed the trees, with our pichkari gun,
Shot every passer by, we always won.

We had our cycles and we rode them all day
Did all the stunts, although we'd fall each day.

A footbal or a cricket bat was all we needed for the summers.
Tie the ball in a sock,increase the stroke for endless hours.

Jump in the puddles, run in the rain
have the dirtiest clothes: no regrets, no shame.

Throw some talc on the floor, and wow we could slide
Stand infront of the fan, and we could fly and glide.

I remember the days when we played for hours
When we were young, we really had Superpowers.

(Inspiration : Raine Maida - Yellow Brick Road)

Conversations with me - 1

I often talk to myself.. well I should put it this way to avoid people thinking I m crazy.

Hence rephrasing.. I often Think

I thought of this distant memory today while waiting for a bus that never came..

My classmate Asheem and me were supposed to go to this college and promote our college Rock Show..

Cutting it short.. Sell Tickets.

So we went to this college SIMC.. Like any other Symbi Campus, there were some 2-3 more colleges there.

It was afternoon time, where do we find lot of people ? Cafeteria !!

So we went to the cafeteria and there are like 100 students out there having lunch..

Nervous.. How do we get their attention ? Make that perfect Sales Pitch..

I m thinking about what to do and I keep mentally agreeing to this line I read somewhere..

“Sales, thou art a merciless bitch”

So finally I have an idea.. I tell it to Asheem, with no other idea, we go ahead with it.

So we walk in confidently in the Cafeteria.

Find a spot. Climb on the table. People can see us now.

And we start singing.. Na na na naa naa .. na na na naa naa.. (Tune from Rock on ! )

We make our announcement then.

Result : Not a single person contacted us.