Celebrity Life
2009 #40and10in2020
This photograph is probably our first selfie together. B wasn’t interested in talking with me, let alone seeing me in-person. I got his number from his brother, who told me…
1993 #40and10in2020
Before I take you forward, to 2009, I wanted to take you back a bit. In the photograph above, from left to right : Bharat ( the one I refer…
2008 #40and10in2020
2008, Marine Drive, Bombay. Almost done with Bombay. Almost. On my trips back home to Gurgaon, I had met & started dating a cute Jat boy. It was glorious. A…
2007 #40and10in2020
There were three of us crammed into a tiny tiny apartment in Parel. The washing machine was in the kitchen. Fixed hours for water supply meant that we had to…
2006 #40and10in2020
2006, Self-Portrait on a FujiFilm Analog camera. Barefoot Resort, Havelock, Andaman Islands. To me, it is incredible to see how far I’ve come since I shot this photograph. Bombay to…
2005 #40and10in2020
Me in 2005. Princess Park, India Gate, Delhi. Shot on film. (I’m not sure who shot these but it was either dad @vpredhu or @akanksharedhu) I dug up a bunch…
Daffodils. Nargis. Art. Friends.
“Nargis” in Hindi (नरगिस) “Daffodils” in English. “Narcissus” In Eastern culture (including, as referenced by Rumi), these flowers represent “eyes”. In various connotations. Also related to bestowing wealth & prosperity…
Counting Calories & Getting Back On The Health Wagon
This is how I was counting calories in 2015. It was my first attempt at trying to get fitter, in a structured manner, at my own terms. It was the…
Self-worth and Productivity
“Why did you start blogging? That too in 2003/4, when no one even knew what a blog was?” “I can no longer be absolutely certain why I started blogging but…
If Moustache Have, Then Like Chhavi Nath, Else No Have.
It was 1995. Dad had been posted to Pune, after his Command in Kupwara. The family was joining him from Delhi. I was 15 years old. After Class Tenth in…
The Finger Lime Incident
There I was. Walking around in the botanical garden. Minding my own business. Staring at plants and trees. Talking to them. I love saying hello to plants! It was bright…
Travel, Solitude & Loneliness
Not a a huge fan of traveling solo. Not a huge fan of traveling with someone either. I want to be on my own but I also want attention. And…