Subbu had been pestering me to make a caricature of Sachin and couple of more. So that he could print them on t-shirts and coffee mugs. I do not understand his business model. He has this site called dezains.com. And the only way he can supply products is if I make caricatures! I mean WTF! Sudhar jao Subbu.

Anyway, this probably is my last post for this month, so let me post my North America itinerary, so that just in case one of you happen to be in the city that I would be in, may be we can hit a pub together or something.

• Fri, 3rd Sep – Fly to Mumbai (probably in the evening)
• Sat, 4th Sep – Fly to Toronto (Canada) via Frankfurt and be in Toronto till Wednesday morning
• Wed, 8th Sep – Fly to Regina (Canada) and be there till next day morning
• Thu, 9th Sep – Fly to Ottawa (Canada) and be there till next day evening
• Fri, 10th Sep – Fly to Boston (US) and be there till next day afternoon
• Sat, 11th Sep – drive down to New Jersey, attend a small even there and reach hotel in New York and then put a night-out
• Sun, 12th Sep – Fly in the morning from NY to LA and be in LA till Wed morning
• Wed,  15th Sep – Drive down to San Diego in the morning, catch a flight for San Francisco in the evening and be in SF till Monday afternoon
• Mon, 20th Sep – Fly from SF to Seattle and be in Seattle till Wednesday morning
• Wed, 22nd Sep – Drive down to Vancouver and get free of official work by Friday afternoon

Now, the best part is I haven’t yet figured out what to do once I am free in Vancouver. Because I plan to fly back to India only after a week – on next Friday – 2nd October (Gandhi ji ki jay). Anyone wants to suggest to me a good tourism trip for a week starting from Vancouver? The trip should be such that it ends in a place which is easily connected to India (for example it could end in Vancouver itself, or in Seattle or some such place).  To koi karega madad ki khud hi fight maroon?

PS: the Canada part would work only if I get a Visa this coming week, varna lag gayi samjho

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I must confess that depression kinda tried hitting back this weekend. It had to happen. I hadn’t been low since quite some time after all.

We saw Aisha on Friday night – Bali, Ali and I. I know many wouldn’t like it. It was very art-housie stuff. But it had class. And we kinda liked it. For what it was. Abhay Deol was brilliant. As usual. Sonam has a long way to go when it comes to acting. The girl who played Shefali seemed to be over-acting initially. But she nailed the role as the movie progressed. Cyrus cracked his role too – awesome performance from him. And just like Nita, I have been loving the song – Shaam bhi koi. Amit Trivedi has a goood future.

On Saturday night, I motivated Machul and Bali to be my bakras for my strobe experiment. We did some photo-shoot together in the guest-house (one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine). Bali and I even went for a drive outside in the middle of the night. But it was raining and all that. So we couldn’t do much shooting.

On Sunday afternoon, when I got up from sleep, I suddenly realized that I was too alone. It took me quite some time to accept that it was okay to feel that way. I chatted with Chutki over phone. And it felt nice. It had been a boring day for her as well. And then I chatted with Ms. Short Story. And with Neelabh. And Taploo. And Sweety.

If things go as planned, I might soon end up catching up with Taploo and Loly and Tiwari. And before I end this post, following are this weekend’s celeb caricature.

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Which one do you like most?

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Tota was in town for Haileo’s marriage. Personally, for me, that was the best part about the whole affair. To have him around gives back to me all the lost days of IIT – especially the fist few years. There is a kind of friendship where the soul connects effortlessly. I think that applies to Tota and I. You don’t have to talk about anything when the soul connects. You just have to be around each other. And you feel better. And full of life. You keep singing songs in chorus till your lungs burst. And the lungs never burst.

Every time I see Dhee, she appears bigger. May be this applies to every small child. Dhee is a small child. And she is adorable.

I took up cycling again about two weeks ago. I have this gut feeling that I would get to peddle quite a bit in a foreign land. Soon.

I know it’s a random post. To render it randomer, let me throw in few caricatures that I made today. Because Subbu wanted them. And if you are into praying and all that, please pray that Ma-kali gets well soon (she hurt herself yesterday in an accident).

PS: Characters in this post described here.

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Phew! Drew 24 caricatures over the weekend! I think I am finally picking up speed on Wacom. What a lovely tablet it is!

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Sweeney Todd is a kid movie which no kid can watch. The movie is like a gory nursery rhyme. The costumes, the lighting, the cinematography, the music, the acting, the direction, everything is brilliant. But what the fuck is the story? A psychopath starts killing people generally till as expected, he himself is killed? Everyone says, don’t watch the movie for the plot. I ask why?

You might like everything about this movie because everything is very classy. For example, the way Depp and Carter have delivered their lines is totally more than impressive. But you cannot like the movie as a movie because the plot is outright kiddish. In fact I refuse to call it a movie. It is a visual abstract art which is very charming but at the same time makes absolutely little sense. Whatever.

For me, the best part of watching this movie three days back at Sathyam was the intermission. I ran into Jo who plays my girl-friend in Karma, and Ashwin under whom I had one my internship about two years ago. And oh, by the way, I walked down from Sathyam to my hostel alone. Aise hi, felt like walking alone.

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