Archive for February, 2012

Maggie Noodle – Photography Tips.

Maggie Noodle - Photography Tips.

I am putting up this post with a disclaimer: I don’t believe you can learn photography in quick short tips as listed here. These `tips’ can at best be viewed as pointers. Thats why I have titled this post -` Maggie Noodle Photography Tips’. A magazine however insisted I write few quick tips on the various aspects of photography, so here they are for what they are worth.


Wicket worship : ‘Gully’ Cricket- Cricket in our Backyards.

Wicket worship : 'Gully' Cricket- Cricket in our Backyards.

Sanjay Austa’s ongoing photo series Gully Cricket: Cricket in Our Backyards, portrays the game as it’s played in the monasteries of Ladakh and on the beaches of Kanyakumari: Mint


Why any Rules for Love and Sex are Simply Regressive.

Why any Rules for Love and Sex are Simply Regressive.

In my grandfather’s time, ‘good old days’ were indeed the good old days. There were no rules for love and marriage and sex was free. You met a girl at the village fair and if she was willing, you could have a roll in the hay. If you wanted something more serious you brought her home as a bride . If you didn’t get along you simply broke off because divorce was not a stigma. Not even for women. My grandfather boasted of having married 13 times in this fashion and my grandmother thrice.