A friend in my class was wearing a dull-green looking shirt today. When I looked closely, it was composed of vertical strips in four colours- off-white, black, dull-orange, and green- in the same order. Why did the shirt look green overall? Isn’t green supposed to have least scattering property in the spectrum or something like that? By that theory, the shirt should have looked orange, right?

I loved the movie swades. That is the only movie in which shah rukh does not make his ‘standard-emotional-face’. He actually grips. I wonder if the director makes the difference. I personally think shah rukh can’t act for nuts. But then, I saw the episode of ‘koffee with karan’ starring rani mukherjee, kajol and shah rukh where he came across as such a charming man. So much energy, so approachable, so enthusiaistic. Karan had a segment where he spoke to a bunch of kids and asked them- ‘how many of you love shah rukh?’- Most of them raised their hands, screaming in delight. Shah rukh was interested in the 2-3 who didn’t. That’s like the most amazing thing, isn’t it? He’d probably want to have them convinced too. I don’t think aamir would have done that.

I LOVE the new tata safari ad. Not as a product seller, but for its starting point, and the most alarming realization of our life it brings forth- ‘Slavery is not dead, we’ve just stopped recognizing it. When did u agree to be continuously watched, to your life not being yours anymore?’ The visuals are simple, and stunning -literally. What have we made ourselves become?

Let’s say you are on your way to your best friend’s wedding reception. You are very well dressed, and can’t wait to hug her with congrats. You are so excited for her. You enter the wedding hall, and in the distance you can see brilliant light focusing on the stage. You walk closer, and all you can see from then on is the photographer’s head. Now, isn’t that just absolutely irritating? That’s what happens in today’s wedding- everything is done for the photograph. The groom put the garland around the bride’s neck. Oh no no, the photographer didn’t catch it, do it again. Aaarrgghhhh. Wedding photography is not a pictoral representation of a list of things that happen at the wedding, but it is the capturing of the emotion. Just as the mangalsutra is about to adorn the bride’s neck, she can see it right in front of her nose- she is both scared and excited at the same time- it is the moment of her life. Capture that. As the bride walks into the hall for the first ceremony, the anxious groom’s face is glowing- he can’t stop grinning. Capture that. The groom’s cousins are trying to flick the gifts. The bride’s detectives are trying to steal the shoes. North Indians are desperately trying to keep the mobile ‘saaru’ within the banana leaf. Jobless guests are playing cricket in hiding. The bride is eating a chocolate under her palloo. These are the moments that we miss, the times that we want to re-live and enjoy. Wedding photography should aim at capturing these too, if not only.

How do a left hander ride a two wheeler? Does she accelerate with her wrong hand? :)