PlainGeets

Category: Random Rambling

  • Canva iPhone App: From Template to Buffer in 5 minutes!

    A Canva junkie, who’s been creating social media graphics on the platform since November 2013 (yeah, I was one of those early users!), I was delighted to join Canva’s Inner Circle group on Facebook a few months ago and then receive Rose Powell’s email inviting me to join the Beta…

  • Why I Still Swear By Auto Rickshaws

    Why I Still Swear By Auto Rickshaws

    Those who know me, know me as the fiercely stubborn woman has refused to learn driving (I actually did, just never got my license) and relies on public transport for her daily commute – buses and local trains in Bombay, buses, rickshaws and 6-seaters (yes I used them too) in…

  • Nesting in Bangalore – Part III

    Nesting in Bangalore – Part III

    We recently moved (again) – the desire to live in a nicer apartment, far outweighs the hassle of dealing with the agents of Bangalore, their weird accents and their absolute failure to understand our requirements, not to mention the greed of the landlords! This time we were very lucky –…

  • Social Media: The Tools Of My Trade

    A social media consultant since several years now, I’ve seen the requirements for this position change much over the last few years. From being a purely text based content creation job, it has evolved into a full-time vocation requiring multi-tasking skills, design thinking and a more holistic marketing approach. The…

  • Organised At Home And Organised At Work Makes Me Healthy, Wealthy And Wise

    Organised At Home And Organised At Work Makes Me Healthy, Wealthy And Wise

    I’m a sucker for neat, organised spaces and spend my weekends labouring over my storage spaces. My mother, a perfectionist whose cupboards are always immaculately arranged, doesn’t need to do this as often as I do and I find myself constantly running to catch up with her. I think I’ve…

  • R.I.P Schnapps

    R.I.P Schnapps

    A dashing young man with golden locks, he made many hearts melt when he laid his head on their knee, asking to be petted. Schnapps. Our third dog, but the one who taught me what it means to have a dog as a pet. I grew up with dogs. Our…

  • I Clean. So I am.

    I love cleaning, putting things away and organizing. It’s been a bit of an obsession since childhood and though it’s now difficult to obsess about it constantly, I still need an organised space to be able to work, think, eat, sleep and even be in peace. Stationary stores are just…

  • Ciné-concert: “The General” by Buster Keaton with live music by Radiomentale

    My saga with rich cultural experiences continues, with the latest being the Ciné-concert organized by the Alliances françaises in India for the 2013 edition of Fête de la musique. What is a ciné-concert ? The concept harks back to the era of silent films when the screenings were accompanied by…

  • Nesting in Bangalore

    “Petit à petit, l’oiseau fait son nid.” (The bird makes its nest, step by step. In other words, Rome wasn’t built in a day.) I love this French proverb for its poetry and for being so much more “real” than it’s English counterpart. I couldn’t care less about Rome, but…

  • Equal Opportunities You Said?

    From the day I first saw it, several months ago, before it became the rage it has now become, I’ve found it a highly silly concept. Frivolous and something befitting only the proverbial blonde. But these days, the world prefers all that’s simple and frivolous and so today, the site…

  • A Letter from Courbet

    I saw several films, during the screening of films about the “Grands Maîtres d’Art” organized over 4 weekends at the NGMA (Bangalore) in collaboration with the Alliance Française. The two films that stayed with me and I would strongly recommend to everybody interested in art, whether a novice or an expert…

  • Dimanche matin avec Degas et ses danseuses.

    Le mois dernier, la Gallérie Nationale d’Art Moderne à Bangalore a organisé une projection de films documentaires sur des grands maîtres d’art en collaboration avec l’Alliance Française. J’ai pu assister quelques films dont j’ai beaucoup apprécié “La Danse et Degas.” Réalisé par Mischa Scorer le documentaire trace l’obsession de Degas…