Chronology

Writing a film is about what you see and hear, and what you don't, and in which order. Chronology is the boon and the bane of cinema.

Character assassination

Writing a character is about assassinating one, in order to bring to life one who had lived.

What you see is not what you met

Writing a character is as simple as standing in front of a reflecting mirror - what you see is not what you met, off the set.

Patriotism

Patriotism is a construct, and like all construction subject to wear & tear, and additionally fear.

History

History is a tale - of true lies and false truths - a retrospective past in affirmation of a prospective present.

Scriptwriting

01. Characters, conflicts, resolutions all reach an end in a film script, unlike life.

02. He said. She said. They left. And thus began the story.

03. Scripwriting is not a technique, nor is it a talent; its travel down a protracted path with patience, pyaar and eventually a plot.

04. Writing a film and making it is like love and lust - the former is a leisurely long drawn exercise in longing and the latter its hasty & abrupt consummation.

05. Writing is Life in measured cups; just enough to quench, and occasionally wrench.

06. Writing is like beer; bitter at first, but better as you get along.

APJ Abdul Kalam

Death reinvents the person - more so in the eulogies thereafter - truth is always greyer.

27th July 2015

Education and Knowledge

Education and Knowledge can be synonyms if Teaching and Learning are that themselves.

(Ahmedabad / 05-07-2015)

Wisdom Tree

The business of education is a tough one - you have to be old enough to understand the young and youthful enough to stand their wisdom under the tree.

(Ahmedabad / 19 June 2015)