VAIGUM ENEKEDI, Reminiscing about all those oddly timed wake up calls while sharing a hostel room with a Mallu Catholic. (*Vaigum Enekedi : wake up in Mallyalam)
O LAYLA, Based on a kurti purchase and recent admiration for O Layla, an indie apparel brand by Ritu Kumar that designs keeping in mind the humid weather of Bombay.
DONT KNOW IF IT WAS THE WAY I SLEPT OR THE OVERAMBITIOUS THUMKAS, Looking back and trying to figure out the cause of my back pain - the way i slept or the way i danced!
DUM ALOO, A Virtual cooking lesson given by my mom to my elder sister studying overseas through face time.
13 IS AN UNLUCKY NUMBER, 13 reasons why 13 is an unlucky number, one of which is to have 13 alphabets in your name (which is true in my case)
A ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS, UNLESS IT'S A METAL EDITION, A pun on the idiom by referencing to a rolling stone as not a stone but as the monthly music magazine to which I have subscribed.
ONCE UPON A RESOLUTION, Because I stayed absent on Tuesday and broke my no-bunking-this-semester resolution.
KALA GHODA ARTS FESTIVAL, My disappointing experience at the KGAF’16, which ended up being more of a selfie festival than an arts festival.
BOLLYWOOD SHOLLYWOOD, DOLE SHOLE, Tribute to a massive Bollywood phase (*dole shole : bulky muscles)
GET OUT , Attended an inspiring lecture on minimalism by Chirag Gander which prompted me to get out of my comfort zone of illustrating elaborately and to try a minimalistic approach.
YOUR RHYTHM OVER MINE, An attempt to document the chaos in playing a mandolin alongside the overpowering rhythm and tone of the sitar and the tabla.
EK TOH UGNARACH, Undermined goals of an overambitious gardner - 7 in the hope of 1 (Ek toh ugnarach : at least one will grow in Marathi)
I’VE GOT A NEW YORK STATE OF MIND IN INDIAN STANDARD TIME, A reflection on my reverse body clock and the habit of working at night and sleeping when the sun is still out.
IN COMFORT , UNCOMFORT “The floor was piped up, the winds all chilly, but even with all the discomfort, I felt warm, under the comfort of the night sky”
YEH CHEHRA ANJAANA MANA HAI, Word switching with the song of Maggi noodles
GALLA TALLA, A new word in Kutchi that I had picked up from mom which meant to make childish excuses.
GIVING UP, The frustration in not being able to give justice to the idea in your head and eventually giving up and moving on.
THANK YOU
