This weekend in Portland brought in a pleasant surprise in the form of a real-life, feel-the-smell of books kind of an experience; a large book store namely, Powell's. The encounter had multiple shades of feelings. Foremost was the intensity of walking across aisles of book-shelves that is fast disappearing from our lives; given e-books, Amazon, … Continue reading Portland, Powell’s, books and a sense of alienation.
Author: manoj pillai
Prague
Success is celebration. Failures make it soulful. Failures are like bungee jumping. Until you land, it is a free fall, a long failure to land and land firm and safe. As you land, and land firm and safe, you celebrate the moment. The success of landing. Many failures just every day at training would have … Continue reading Prague
Charlie
Charlie The best use of a jet-lag waking me up at 2am can be a blog piece. And here it is. This one is on Charlie, a Malayalam movie I watched on the plane back from San Francisco this weekend. Meenu once told me its story. She in fact insisted I watch it. That was … Continue reading Charlie
The beauty of being slow
Speed is life for those born Type-A. They walk fast, eat fast, often think faster than they speak, and pretty much do everything fast. Comes with it is impatience, wanting to do things quick and now. Speed thus becomes a way of life, expanding into a deep sense of liking for performance driving, surfing, the … Continue reading The beauty of being slow
Martha & Marta
Martha is the mother, and Marta is her daughter. Marta Isabel in fact. They have become two very important people in my life. Rather unexpectedly. They speak Spanish and I speak a native southern Indian language called ‘Malayalam’. Marta the daughter can speak some English. So, we sort of ‘communicate’. Not knowing Spanish and with … Continue reading Martha & Marta
Mind, Matter & Musings 