Hotsteps 2013

Author : Spaceman Spiff      Blog : Senseless Sense?Or sensible nonsense?      Date : 5/15/2013 7:06:00 PM

'All my people in Chennai, if you're free on 18th evening, come off. :) Yours truly is performing too. For tickets, contact the number given on the poster. Hope you'll make it!'

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Why do I need to change, anyways?

Author : Spaceman Spiff      Blog : Senseless Sense?Or sensible nonsense?      Date : 4/2/2013 4:27:00 PM

'“You’re still the same!”“You haven’t changed one bit.”“Tu kab sudharegi? Shaadi ho gayi hai. Ab tho sudhar ja!”I hear a lot of these lately. A lot of my friends, family and acquaintances are rather surprised by the fact that marriage hasn’t changed me one bit. It’s as though they expected a new person would emerge out of that marriage hall, someone with a halo above her head. As though my personality would undergo a sea-change just because I’m tied to another person for life now. Pe(...)'

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Wake me up when the summer ends

Author : Spaceman Spiff      Blog : Senseless Sense?Or sensible nonsense?      Date : 3/20/2013 7:06:00 PM

'Have you heard of this movement called Nude Cooking? No? It’s ok, don’t beat yourself up over it. I just invented it.So in my head, Nude Cooking is this movement where women across the world take to cooking in the nude during a few months every year (March to June, to be precise), not as a form of protest or anything, but for the simple reason that it’s too freaking hot to wear clothes in the kitchen. Frustration due to any collateral damage like oil-splattering etc. will be duly ta(...)'

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Feels like love

Author : Spaceman Spiff      Blog : Senseless Sense?Or sensible nonsense?      Date : 3/3/2013 6:41:00 PM

'The cupboard was a mess.“Oh god... I married a slob”, Shalini sighed. She didn’t know where to start. But start somewhere, she had to. She had to make space for her own stuff till they got a new cupboard. She started pulling out some of Amar’s clothes that were lying in a crumpled mass and put them on the bed. “How hard is it to fold the clothes!”, she muttered. She folded them all and put them back neatly, utilizing the space properly, and making space for her clothes. “Ok, so that(...)'

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Wedding Gifts- The Essential Do's and Don't's list

Author : Spaceman Spiff      Blog : Senseless Sense?Or sensible nonsense?      Date : 1/23/2013 8:00:00 AM

'I just got back to Chennai on Sunday after a short visit home. Some of my stuff was still lying at home, and mom wanted me to de-clutter her house (sigh…). But that was not the only agenda. One of my best friends, Nisha, had a baby recently. I was dying to see (and hold, of course) the little munchkin. Both Mommy and Baby Aryan are doing fine.  JMeera flew to the US today, and she’ll be gone for a while. So I had to meet her too. I managed to catch up on two Malayalam movies wh(...)'

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Spaceman Spiff adds a life event to her timeline

Author : Spaceman Spiff      Blog : Senseless Sense?Or sensible nonsense?      Date : 12/22/2012 1:19:00 PM

'Married. M.A.R.R.I.E.D.That’s right. I’m married.Like, for real.I’m sorry, but it’s gonna take some time for the mammoth fact to sink in. So till then, you might have to put up with me saying ‘I’m married’ at the most unexpected intervals. So that’s what’s been happening, folks! The wedding was on the 10th of December, a reception the same day evening at Palakkad, and a reception in Trivandrum on 14th. The reception is TVM was so much fun, with dancing and all that. The wedding as s(...)'

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Clutch evide? Brake evide?!

Author : Spaceman Spiff      Blog : Senseless Sense?Or sensible nonsense?      Date : 11/16/2012 7:01:00 PM

'Before you read the post, please watch the video.Watched? If you’re a Malayali, then you probably know this scene frame-by-frame and know the dialogues by heart. If you’re a Malayali but don’t know this scene, shame on you. Go hide under a rock or something. For the non-Mallus, this is an epic scene from the Malayalam movie Thalayanamanthram, written by a genius named Sreenivasan. He is one of the most brilliant writers of Malayalam- nay, Indian cinema. He is one of the ugliest acto(...)'

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All that glitters is too much gold!

Author : Spaceman Spiff      Blog : Senseless Sense?Or sensible nonsense?      Date : 10/24/2012 6:16:00 PM

'I’m alive, very much, in case you were wondering. An anxious comment by a kind reader the other day, asking for my whereabouts, reminded me that I have a blog where I haven’t posted anything for quite a while (Thanks, Asok, for the concern). Alright, I’m lying. I didn't exactly forget about my blog. I've just been a bit caught up with various things, mostly wedding-y stuff. Plus, I honestly wasn't able to write anything good enough to post here.  S(...)'

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The bumpy ride called marriage

Author : Spaceman Spiff      Blog : Senseless Sense?Or sensible nonsense?      Date : 9/13/2012 11:39:00 AM

'You know how I’m getting married by December and all that jazz, right? Ever since it all got finalized, I’ve had this niggling feeling at the back of my mind, whether everything will be fine or not. It is but natural, considering I’m a constant worrier. Would we get along well? Will we be able to co-exist peacefully? I mean, we ARE quite different. Me- loud : He- comparatively quite. Me- drama queen : He- level-headed. Me- Starts dancing even in autos to Himesh Reshammiya songs (I’m(...)'

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Turning 26

Author : Spaceman Spiff      Blog : Senseless Sense?Or sensible nonsense?      Date : 9/11/2012 7:11:00 PM

'I rang in my last birthday along with three very important people.One of them is no longer a part of my life.Another one is on a self-imposed indefinite sabbatical from me.The third person, thankfully, is still in my life. I had almost lost her too, but better sense prevailed and we both hung on.This last one year has been one of the most turbulent years of my life.I thought I would be married by my 26th birthday, to the guy I was in love with. And I tried with every fibre of my bei(...)'

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Book Review: Rainy Days by Samarth Prakash

Author : Spaceman Spiff      Blog : Senseless Sense?Or sensible nonsense?      Date : 9/7/2012 12:46:00 PM

'“His writing style ranges from ardently melodramatic and vividly romantic to quietly philosophical”, is how Samarth Prakash, the author of Rainy Days has been described. When I read this, I had no clue just how melodramatic they were talking about.Rainy Days (Published by Good Times Pvt. Ltd.), attempts to chronicle the lives and love of Raghav and Megha. They meet at a cricket match that gets rained out. She leaves abruptly, leaving our romantic (in his own eyes) hero holding a lon(...)'

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Sunshine dreams...

Author : Spaceman Spiff      Blog : Senseless Sense?Or sensible nonsense?      Date : 8/27/2012 9:30:00 AM

'I dream of living by the beach, waking up to the music of waves every day; of having the option of walking far into the sea if I find living too tedious.I dream of watching the full moon from the top of a mountain.I dream of being able to wear size XS again.I dream of seeing my name in published ink.I dream of bungee-jumping at least one in my life.I dream of going to the topmost floor of the tallest building in the world at least once before I die.I dream of getting a tattoo on my (...)'

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Boy meets girl and all that jazz.

Author : Spaceman Spiff      Blog : Senseless Sense?Or sensible nonsense?      Date : 8/6/2012 11:23:00 AM

'Warning: This is going to be an insanely long post, so don't scroll to the end of the post, see the length of it, and then close it without reading it. I know you people do that. Pfft. I have been receiving threatening emails and messages for some time now, asking me to come out with the pennukaanal story soon, or else…! So here is the pennukaanal story. :)Rewind to a few months back. It was a Saturday. I was just about winding up the English grammar class that I used to teach part(...)'

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Welcome to the world, little one.

Author : Spaceman Spiff      Blog : Senseless Sense?Or sensible nonsense?      Date : 7/30/2012 9:27:00 AM

'It's amazing, how a tiny pair of feet can evoke so much of emotion and awww-ness in me.This gorgeous pair of feet belong to my dear friend Gopika's six-day old son. :) He was born on 24th July. Soon as I get permission from the brand new parents to post more, I shall put up pics of his gorgeous little face too. I went camera-crazy over the weekend, clicking him at every chance. This one's my favourite of the lot. :)'

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The Rape Capital of the world.

Author : Spaceman Spiff      Blog : Senseless Sense?Or sensible nonsense?      Date : 7/18/2012 10:26:00 AM

'I did a stupid thing today. I made the mistake of thinking that I’m brave enough to watch the Guwahati molestation video that’s up on Youtube. I’m sure you’ve noticed this, or maybe not- I’ve never really written about any such ‘sensitive’ issues on my blog. Main reason being, I’ve always felt, if I can’t do anything about it, I probably shouldn’t rant about it and blame others for not finding a solution. But also because, with time, I’ve become one of those who thinks “If it hasn’t(...)'

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My holiday in pictures

Author : Spaceman Spiff      Blog : Senseless Sense?Or sensible nonsense?      Date : 7/10/2012 6:58:00 AM

'Here you go, some of the pics I clicked on my holiday. The bride's pretty pretty alta-ed anklet-ed feet. Did you know I have a slight foot fetish? Slight only. Very leetle.The Pavizhamalli flower that forms a carpet of white and orange at the entrance of my mom's ancestral home in Nadapuram. The grand old Madatthil house in Nadapuram. Sigh... Sun Temple.One of the structures in the Sun Temple grounds. Chandrabaga Beach, near KonarkIn Kerala, when it, it RAINS. (Madatthil courtyard).(...)'

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Odisha, Kerala, Chennai, a wedding, four train journeys, a death and a pennukaanal

Author : Spaceman Spiff      Blog : Senseless Sense?Or sensible nonsense?      Date : 7/3/2012 11:08:00 AM

'… and that pretty much sums up my 10-day vacation!Give me a second to catch my breath.Ok, done.The past ten days, starting from 21st June, have been a whirlwind. I set off for a much-needed-and-anticipated-since-god-knows-how-long vacation on 21st. Destination: Bhubaneswar. Purpose: Eat dahi bada- alu dum, see a bit of Odisha, and generally have a good time. Actual purpose: Attend the wedding of two of my best buddies, who I fondly refer to as ‘my Marshall and Lily’.So we- that woul(...)'

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For the greater good

Author : Spaceman Spiff      Blog : Senseless Sense?Or sensible nonsense?      Date : 6/7/2012 8:01:00 AM

'So I have this really bad habit. Whenever things are going smoothly in my life, instead of accepting it gracefully, I start questioning it. “Why is everything going so smoothly? Why are things fine? Shouldn’t something have gone wrong by now?” No, I’m not a pessimist. I’ve just been conditioned by experience. I’ve learnt the hard way that after showering me with truckloads of happiness, the dude up there will most likely dump an equal number of truckloads of crap on me. So it’s not (...)'

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Quit being a chimney

Author : Spaceman Spiff      Blog : Senseless Sense?Or sensible nonsense?      Date : 5/31/2012 8:26:00 AM

'He was 14 when he first started. He had seen his elder brother and friends do it, and it looked cool. And he wanted to be cool as well. He was a gawky, unattractive teenager. This was the best way to look cool and grab people’s attention, especially girls.At 14, he looked cool.At 16, he looked cool.At 20, he looked cool.At 22, he looked 30.At 25, his lips looked like charcoal.At 30, he looked ill.At 40, he looked skeletal.At 45, his lungs looked like tar.At 50, his corpse didn’t loo(...)'

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Orgasm first, foreplay later.

Author : Spaceman Spiff      Blog : Senseless Sense?Or sensible nonsense?      Date : 5/22/2012 9:46:00 AM

'Am I the only one in this world who reads the last few pages of a book first?Seriously. Why is this so hard for people to digest?After reading the foreword, acknowledgement, and the first page of a new book, I flip to the last few pages and read the ending. Then I come back to the front again. Is that really so weird?Why do I do that?Because it gives me immense peace of mind in knowing how the book ends, and once I know that, I can happily read the rest of the book. If it’s a sad en(...)'

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