Technicolour Prisms
Why do we look back when the natural way of things is to move forward? Because itβs easy? Because itβs nicer? Life never seems quite as wonderful when it is…
PART TIME LOVERS
The 60s talked of free love. Millennials say fuck-buddies or if they want to be nice, friends-with-benefits. The term polyamory is having a day. Itβs no newer thanΒ the other ways…
A Connoisseur Of NOs
No. It’s the scariest word in language. It drives people into frenzy. It instigates wars on a global scale as well as at the individual level in the form of…
Jupiter’s Volcanos: We Are Both Sabu & Chacha
Sabu, an alien muscleman under the friendly stewardship of the moustachioed Chacha Chaudhry was an integral part of every Indian childhood. The caption that accompanied a panel preceding a fight…
Be Incomplete
View this post on Instagram A post shared by IdeaSmith ππ±πββοΈ (@ideasmithy) Today I didn’t feel cool, collected or in control. I left home less put together than usual (hair…
We Have Many Futures
View this post on Instagram A post shared by IdeaSmith ππ±πββοΈ (@ideasmithy) The hardest thing to let go of, is what you thought the future was going to be. We…
10 Years Is A Long Time On A Ferris Wheel Called Life
So I did the #10YearChallenge. And this is what I figured out about myself. View this post on Instagram A post shared by IdeaSmith ππ±πββοΈ (@ideasmithy) I’ve not gained a…
Alone Time Doesn’t Always Look Like This
It’s not that I haven’t been writing. I have, it’s just not here. I’ve been posting longer essays on Instagram. I’ll repost some of my favorites from there here too.…
Hello World, I’m Back
I think I’ll be coming of age for the rest of my life. I immerse myself so much in an experience, a person, a hobby or a job that it…