In Mumbai

I have been inactive for quite some time now. I really haven't commented much on Obama because I wanted to wait and see him deliver his actions rather than comment on his promises. Don't get me wrong, I rooted for him too. Also Mumbai attacks have left me agitated to think that just writing on a blog is not going to make a difference. We need to act. We, here at VCU Brandcenter are trying to do the same. Will update soon. I finished third semester at VCU Brandcenter with pretty good GPA, only that no one cares about it other than the person who will grants me a loan. And I am in Mumbai for a month. The most animated and excited I have been lately is when I decided to make a trip back to my first love Mumbai. There is so much I have already experienced. 12 hr no meal flight, lost baggage, pollution, crowd, auto rickshaw, street side sandwich, ragda paitis, first mosquito bite in a year, 5 days long on going wedding of a cousin sister and much more. Everything that we crib about when in the city and the same is what we miss when away from it. Will keep you updated as experience Mumbai all over again.

West meets East

Eddie Vedder & Rahat Fateh Ali Khan along with Jeff Ament, David Robbins & John Densmore . Recorded in a concert "Dead man walking - Not in our name" at Central Park, New York, 1998.

Face of Love

Long Road

Why Indian Women rock!

Professor M. R. Venkatesh talks on Global imbalance - an imminent dollar crises.

Change the way we change

Copywriter: Jake Dubs
Art Director: Jeenal Shah

3rd Prize for ART 180 - Change for 10 on a dollar size bill.
Judged by Jelly Helm, no introduction required.
We also won a raffle draw.

Money can do a lot. Art can do a lot more. That’s why, on this 10th anniversary of ART 180, they asked for both — a $10 donation along with our artistic vision for making your community a better place. This was our small attempt.

TED: Ideas worth Spreading

Talks Wade Davis: The worldwide web of belief and ritual.
In his talk, Wade how other non modern western cultures are not fail attempts of being us but unique attempts to answer the question "What is it being human?"
If humans are agents of cultural destruction, we could also be and must be facilitators of cultural survivals.

Jumanji with Dicota and Jeremiah at Swansborough Elementry High School.

Jeremiah, me and Dicota




I love kids. I have dozens of cousins who share a varied range of age difference. And I being the eldest of all have lot of kiddos in my family. I had spent 3 years during my undergraduate studies tutoring 3 of my favorite cousins and 4 other kids for State Drawing Exams. Reading book to Dicota and Jeremiah brought back those memories. The pleasant ones.

SouthSide Speed Way and Bollywood Music

Photographer - Jeenal Shah

An evening I spent getting to know the culture of car racing dancing to beats of bollywood music.
Dented cars and number plates, raging competition, planned strategies and surprise winners minus beer (atleast for me) warmed our heart. It was no close to Nascar but good enough for what my pocket could afford. Since the cars on tracks in this race were no F1s they were making noice I could not bare. I turned my ipod on and started listening to Bollywood remixed songs. Best move. My eyes were glued to the first three cars in race and music kept the momentum going. My ipod also made couple of rounds amongst my friends present in the stadium who were chilling with beer in one hand and groving to bollywood music. I cannot thank less to Kelly O' Keefe for introducing us to this. And also Steve Jobs.