My affair with Couches
They started long ago. when I joined Delhi University and was waiting to find decent accommodation on campus. In the meantime, a friend of my father offered me his office to sleep in when I didn’t want to travel a…
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Knowledge is Power
On the last day of my stint with Frank Simoes, who was the copywriter and owner of the leading creative-driven advertising agency in India, I distinctly remember me sitting in his book-lined office with a red portable typewriter, facing him,…
Fly Forever
I remember having very vivid recurring dreams of me flying around. As I write this, I am reminded of Shams Tabrez who was the love and inspiration of Rumi. He was a Dervish in Sufi Islam. He used to fly,…
Painting is Hard Work?
Painting large-scale works is a grueling process and it takes physical endurance, creative stamina, and a passionate heart, all of which need discipline and training. Sometimes, I have had to stand and paint for 14 hours a day, sometimes more,…
Getting High on Thinking
Noor’s reference to Edward de Bono’s books like the Six Thinking Hats, it is evident that Noor has changed hats throughout his trajectory. Right from running his own ad company and managing creative accounts with a team of fifty people,…
Adverts – the Art of the 80s
Advertising was the biggest art form practiced in the eighties and nineties. And it was like the womb for many other disciplines like film, writing, music, and other Fine Arts. Salman Rushdie was an advertising copywriter for many years before…
The Art Attack
I’d come to Oman on an unintended sabbatical of sorts. It was December 2001 and soon found myself diving with a friend who had a diving company. I learned how to dive, and spent several hours cut away from the…