IYKYK

IYKYK

Persistence and transition We live in the times where one product or a service is offered by multiple brands and businesses. All are competing for the attention of the average customer in real and virtual spaces. The competition has become so aggressive and...
Medium

Medium

Writing is not the medium. Writing happens when the writer becomes a medium. My brother Pavan KJ is a photographer. We have a lot of shared history and we share a close relationship. We generally feel that we have a deep understanding of each other’s...
Gompa Leh

Gompa Leh

Hills, not Hills, Mountains… With hardly any vegetation on them. Weather so harsh and extreme that there is comfort found only in the narrow valleys, close to water which turns to ice in the winter. That is where we find most of the living beings in Ladakh. In the...
13 Ways of Looking at a Poem

13 Ways of Looking at a Poem

Why should I forgo what I think or feel about a poem for what a literary theory says about it?  It is commonly believed that poetry cannot be paraphrased, that once you start unfolding its meaning, line by line, its true essence, like that of a dream upon waking and...
Is This A Triumph?

Is This A Triumph?

We as a collective have a long journey ahead… Saw a poster on social media of Mamata Banerjee as goddess Kali holding the severed head of what looks like prime minister Narendra Modi after the recent election results. I am not really a Modi supporter and I have...
Parenting in a Pandemic

Parenting in a Pandemic

Parenting during this pandemic is starting to feel like mindful living, for me. Anyone who knows me, knows that I am a planner. I like things in my life to be fairly neat and tidy, and laid out in a manner that has been thought through well in advance. I make endless...