Memories of Catherine

One of the choices a narrator has while telling a story, is where to start. Honestly, thats one quandary I was really hoping to be spared of this time around; Unfortunately, despite the fact that this entire story happened in a little less than 20 minutes, I am not to be excused from that vital decision. Luckily for me I think I am sneaky enough to play around the rules this time around.

Anything I tell you about Catherine would probably be speculative. The short time I got to speak to her, while I sipped my morning tea and she had her breakfast, is certainly insufficient for me to paint a true picture of her. But considering I have already thrown caution to the wind, I might as well indulge you on some unimportant details about her…

Catherine had wanderlust, she had traveled across the world from Britain(where she lived) to Indonesia, Thailand, most of Europe, Australia and now India (I am certain she mentioned a few more countries but as I said this detail is probably not that important), She had a toothy smile and that grace & charm that comes with that Brit accent…

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Thoughts on Thinking

A few days back I found myself sitting in Cafe Noir(an awesome cafe in UB city) having an amazing conversation with a friend. We were discussing a script that I had written and considering it was just the second draft it had a lot of unresolved debatable ideas in it.

To put it in short(without revealing too much of the plot) we were discussing about how machines would behave if they one day could start thinking.

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2012…

How do you quantify a year? What made a set of 365 (or 366) consecutive days better than the previous set? Was it making more money? Was it increasing your count of material possessions? Was it traveling more? Was it being entertained more? Was it more drinks/dinners with friends/family? Was it finding/losing someone you care about?

I choose my benchmarks on what I put an effort on during the year, on the times I let the wave of events around me carry me, on when I resisted what I believed to be wrong and when I found something beautiful when I least expected to.

That way 2012 has been a landmark year for me. It was a year of rebuilding myself, understanding priorities, weighing relationships, making new friends, shedding inhibitions, earning respect and taking some leaps of faith. In 2012 I did more work(personally and professionally) than I thought I could ever manage and yet had enough time to be lazy :)

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The Scent Of A Book…

If I could live multiple lifetimes simultaneously, I would probably dedicate one to just read books. A great place to start discovering unforgettable stories is https://fandom.my-passion.com/category/top-picks/, where some of the best novels are gathered together. I am very often overwhelmed by the number of books I want to read but cant find the time to read … Read more