http://samirbharadwaj.com Everything I'm doing when I'm not doing everything else Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:35:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I didn't read any baby books when I was growing up, by that I mean books specifically written for infants and pre-schoolers. I got thrown straight into the deep end with fairly serious comics, books of folk tales, and some other strange things that most wouldn't consider appropriate childhood reading. ... http://samirbharadwaj.com/blog/moral-stories-for-children-are-vital/ I haven't drawn in ages. Let me clarify. It's not like I haven't drawn anything recently, I draw doodles and thumbnails of things all the time. I'm a designer and a lot of my ideas come out in tiny visual sketches. But those are all documentary and explanatory drawings. I ... http://samirbharadwaj.com/blog/pen-drawings-as-warm-up/ A good personal business card or visiting card is an invaluable thing to have. If your a designer, writer or independent weirdo of any sort, I'd say it's absolutely essential. Whether you like it or not, telling most people you're a freelance anything is tantamount to telling them you are ... http://samirbharadwaj.com/blog/personal-business-cards-ive-designed-over-the-years/ Since when did everyone expect to get paid to be nice and do the right thing? Look around you, it's happening as we speak. It's not new, of course, it's been going on a for a while. Right from the beginning of time, religion has been promising you good karma, ... http://samirbharadwaj.com/blog/being-nice-shouldnt-be-worth-your-while/ The whole world is out to get you. All the signs are there. You never get a lucky break. People always treat you like dirt. And the few people who are nice? They're after something, obviously. Everyone else is on a life-long personal vendetta to make your existence slightly more ... http://samirbharadwaj.com/blog/flight-or-fight-or-creativity/ Few amongst us take stock of our lives regularly, if ever. But, there are those occasions when life forces us to rethink and re-evaluate where we have come from, and where we are heading. These are significant, pivotal moments when drastic changes compel us to take a few moments in ... http://samirbharadwaj.com/blog/taking-stock-of-your-life-in-short-text-messages/ Is there such a thing as truth? A very complex question if you really think about it, and quite impossible to answer without trying to define what truth is. Ask a random group of friends the question "What is Truth?", and you will be greeted by a variety of replies ... http://samirbharadwaj.com/blog/what-is-truth/ The problem with definitions is that they mean less and less with every new one invented. This is especially true for nebulous terms such as holistic health. It is not an insubstantial concept, but it is very difficult to describe. The other problem with definitions is that they mostly end ... http://samirbharadwaj.com/blog/a-better-definition-of-holistic-health/ Go forth and have an affair to remember. I'm not advocating promiscuity in your relationships, but rather in your creativity and your ideas. The good thing is that ideas don't have feelings that can be hurt, or self esteems that can be crushed. Your mixing it up a bit with ... http://samirbharadwaj.com/blog/spring-fling-creativity/ All good art reintroduces you to a part of your humanity. Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Delhi-6 does just that, many times over during its running time. Starring Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Waheeda Rehman, Rishi Kapoor, Atul Kulkarni, Divya Dutta, Deepak Dobriyal, Prem Chopra, Vijay Raaz, Pavan Malhotra, Supriya Pathak, Om Puri, ... http://samirbharadwaj.com/blog/delhi-6-movie-review/