Scotland, My 30th and Bill W.

Howdy blog-lings! It’s been a long, long two weeks that I’ve been away from this here blog, longest stretch in a bit and that’s saying something for a serial vanisher like me – though in fairness I’d wager that I’ve been pretty regular here for a while now, though more regular posting certainly wouldn’t hurt…

Goa, China and more Art!

Greetings and salutations good people! I have returned from my many travels and travails and have been keeping busy these past weeks, hence my limited posting of anything, even those few quirky newsworthy wonders that I love to share. Been gone a while and realised when I got back a couple of days ago that…

Investigative Journalism Jumps Down The Well?

How many of us have grown up with the image of a real news reporter being an interpid, tough as nails go-getter who will do whatever it takes to get the story – simply because that’s their job and that’s what’s the right thing to do. Truth comes first and foremost and there is no…

My New Art And First Bestseller(ish)!

[Note: Musical accompaniment for this installment is at the end, click play and read away! – Akshay] Well, it’s been a good long while but I’m trying to get back on the saddle / behind the pen / over the pages / whatever… Finally started and finished this new piece, got motivated by the desire to…

My 2nd Book Launch : “Retrograde Volume 2”

So damn good to be home! After over a week of travelling between Madrid (for a day-job related trade fair) and London (to visit my ever-studious and smarter-than-me baby sister), it’s kind of nice to be back. All the running around the giant exhibition grounds in Madrid was hectic as hell and while we enjoyed…

A Short, Fictional Extraction (A Novel-ty for me!)

Hey folks! Something special for you today! (Suppose that’s a matter of opinion though, do let me know either way) I’m sharing here today an extract from the first chapter of a book I’m working on. It’s only a portion of what happens but it carries a lot of the tone and such that is…