Gen X Love or something like it - On Skype!!

It had been a week on skype chat. They got to know each other through facebook. Rahul had added Sonia and she had accepted his request. Photos were exchanged and they started speaking to each other. She was in delhi and he was in london. Rahul and sonia had formed a connection. Even when they had not met in person yet.


Excerpts from their chat (in chat lingo)
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"I like you" she said. Why you say so?,he asks.

I mean u try to sought out thngs fr me
In jus soo less time u make me feel spcl in ur own ways.
Rahul -
Love is not wanting,Its giving.
Sonia- Hmmm true,But hard to do

Sonia- Im glad ive come across u

Sonia: So thts wat i fear.. Wen i get close to ppl.. Any frnd or anyone.. N i feel connected.. Sumthng happens n i feel heart broken

Rahul: ok, i hav nt told u many things
Sonia: Like wat

Rahul: But its rite that ur scared,even I am.
Coz am also investing my feelings and all.
Its vry hard to start frm scratch
But hav left it to god

Sonia: U knw wat
I seriously jus felt like talking to u tuday.. Thrughout the day i waited kab raat hogi n ill talk to u

Rahul: Oh thanks thats a romantic thing to say- a compliment 😘

Sonia: Did i make u smile?

Rahul: Yes

Sonia: Uve been making me smile since ive spoken to u
The othr day even i dint realise we spoke fr 2 hrs

Rahul: yes,time flies with you.

Sonia: Lets promise to each other
V will always b honest.. No matter wat happens

Rahul: But few thngs i can tell whn we meet only
So i told u that already whn time comes i will tell

Sonia: Im glad v will meet soon

Rahul: Luv ur eyes,And ur simplicity

Sonia: Its simple with u
I dont hv to pretend

I am d way i am, and i like that.
Mad.. Dumb.. Thts me at times

Rahul: Gud,I like that.

sonia- abb mai sweet swweeet baate kar rahi hu n aapko answer nai karna


Rahul: Abhi kuch meetha ho jaye

Rahul: Mujhe gift aaj raat ko chahiye

Sonia- Kuch toh hoga choclate or sweets
Sonia: Aaj raat ko?? Kaise

Rahul: Skype pe sab hota hai
Rahul: U can send Love

Sonia: 20 days to goo.. U can see me live


RAHUL: Drream impossible

RAHUL: Wat were yOU dreaming last nght

SONIA- Feel like hugging u n sleeping😍😍

RAHUL: Come now

Cant wait to hold u
Biggggg hug

SONIA: So u plan to hug me wen v meet
RAHUL: Yes
Pecks on cheeks also is custom HERE
SONIA: Hahahahahahah

Acha yeh nai pata tha mujhe

RAHUL- Good bahut cheze pata chalengi


SONIA:
Pehle ek bigg huggie

N den ..Eyes nose cheeks
Acha abb plz soo jao

Rahul: Ok darling

SONIA: Gn sweetheart

RAHUL: 😍😘😘😘😘😘😘😘miss u
SONIA: Mee too

Meetup.com - a great way to make new friends

Wondered what to do in dubai when you are new. Well, look no further. Meetup is here. Yes, your one stop place to finding new friends outside the internet. Yes, real people and real conversations up close and personal. Whether you are looking for socialising, find a job, investor or doing some yoga. Meetup.com will help you find the meetup of your interest and voila. You will get whatever you are looking for in a couple of meetups.

The number of people joining Meetups is spiking right now, you just enter your area code and it suggests you the meetups happening close by. You can find one that interest you from
dining out, yoga,kick boxing,camping,entrepreneurship among others.

I attended one such meetup - Coffee ,fun,friends meetup by organiser Bambi from Pakistan. It was a big group that turned up at the Tim Hortons at Sheikh Zayed Road and it was an interesting experience for me. I like to observe people and in this meetup I met people from different walks of life.

There was an Air force pilot who had been on war duty in his home country and was sharing his experiences. There was a school teacher from Dubai who taught chemistry to students. A nurse who worked in hospital in Dubai, an arabic national who was the organiser of another meetup group for backpackers and road trips. It was a great mix of people from different walks of life.

With a vast amount of experience and with different ideas. The organiser started the event informing us about the meetup and requesting all to introduce ourselves one by one. All of the people who introduced themselves also mentioned an interesting fact about themselves. This made the introduction all the more interesting. Then the table was open for people to speak to each other, change their places and try and speak to more people.


I had a conversation with mostly all of the 20 odd people who came to the event, most of them were interested to know about my experience as a writer and how I am able to pursue my hobbies given the limited amount of time we have from our demanding work hours. One of them was a pakistani origin but born and brought up in Europe but wanted to visit India, and somehow wasnt able to get the visa. Another one was a nurse, and had no time for herself with the hectic schedule and demanding job. A meetup was the perfect stress buster for her. Some of the people were there for networking, some for promoting their products/company. Some were plain fun people looking to make more friends. It was a great two hour exchange without the usual mobile and whatsapp chats that most people get into while having their coffee. I must say that I made new friends and look forward to attending more such meetups in the future. Three cheers to Bambi!

The Deepak Puri Collection - Legacy of Photojournalism opens in Delhi at Exhibit 320

28th October, 2015 to 15th November at Delhi , Ladoo Sarai






Produced as part of Tasveer’s 10th anniversary celebrations, this exhibition includes a selection of works from thirty photographers, including internationally acclaimed seminal photojournalists such as James Nachtwey, Sebastião Salgado and Raghu Rai, to name but a few. Enabled by Deepak Puri’s generous donation to the Museum of Art and Photography (MAP, Bangalore), of one of the most important archives of 20th century journalism in the country, this exhibition will make the collection available to public view for the first time.

Representing the heart of Time Asia for a whole host of people, Deepak Puri, its iconic photo-editor for many years, was a wizard who made the impossible real, and ensured that the world saw the work of many photographic geniuses. His collection of photographs that includes the work of some of the best practitioners of the documentary aesthetic, is a sign of both friendship and gratitude to a true legend who enabled their work and touched their lives.

Bringing together a range of images made historically momentous not only by their content, but also their style, this exhibition not only re-emphasises the role of photographs as socio-historical documents, but also revisits the power of the still image and its affinity for story-telling — that cornerstone of the best of photojournalism.

Legacy of Photojournalism: The Deepak Puri Collection is a collateral event at the Delhi Photo Festival 2015. Its opening in Delhi will be accompanied by the simultaneous launch of The Tasveer Journal: Publication & Exhibition, also at Exhibit 320.