The Unruled Notebook

Motivated by an Italian who collected Australian coins; my interest for Numismatics began as a competition. Anto, my Italian friend used to collect these 2 dollar coins, specifically. He had a huge collection of other coins too, but at that time, his fascination was confined to this. As an instinctual move, after seeing his passion for these 2 dollar coins, I started collecting them involuntarily . Every time I got coins for change, I checked for 2’s and made sure I saved them in a separate purse. After a while, when we were at home, eating the yummy pasta ricotta cooked by Anto himself, I showed him my collection. He was completely impressed. :) He was so impressed that he shared some of the doubles he had and also gave me some exotic coins from other countries. That was the starting point for me!!! After that incident, I became a coin collecting maniac. When I used to travel a lot and when I saw people from different countries, all I wanted to ask them was to give me o...

Lost in the tapestry of words, here I am, trying to comprehend where life has brought me. From the turbulent shores of Chennai to the tranquil backwaters of Kochi, the long and the short of it is that I have been chiseled by the cities I have visited and lived in. o    Chennai – A place I’d love to go back to and live again, to relive, to replenish my heart with brimming nostalgia of MTC buses, Pillayar kovil, MCC, Air force ground, local trains, masala vada, Gulmohar trees, rainy days, the slang, jasmine flowers, curd rice and tamarind trees. Pic sourced from here   o    Hyderabad – I lived here for not more than 6 months but this city taught a ‘naïve’ me how to be independent. o    Coimbatore – A city that is culturally so strong it comes off through every citizen naturally, in their language, in their way of life. o    Hong Kong – To just walk past the vast travelators in the airport and check out some the retail o...