Arun Basil Lal in-and-as The Kuttappi

Flying In A Perfect World

Arun Basil Lal · February 20th, 2013 · Scribblings

Flying is insanely boring. I wonder if pilots enjoy their jobs except for all the glamor they command on the ground. Waiting for check-in lines to open, then waiting in those lines, customs, clearance, waiting for gates to open. Such a ritual!

I was wondering what could make flying more enjoyable. That got me thinking; what makes travel enjoyable? On first thought, a difference of scenery, but I think flying companies have that covered already. You cannot ask for much up in the air and then there are those entertainment screens with hard-to-navigate touch screens and lousy ‘edited’ movies.

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24.

Arun Basil Lal · September 16th, 2012 · Memoir

So I turned 24 yesterday, the 14th. As with most birthdays, it was quiet and nice. Church, early in the morning, cake, payasam (cheru payar, my fav kind) and lots of TV.

I had turned off my birthday on Facebook, so wishes came mostly only from close friends, and of course family. My sister made me this card which she delivered at 00:00 precisely. Family is important, family is everything, right?

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Got Featured On Malayala Manorama

Arun Basil Lal · August 21st, 2012 · Memoir

Here is some old news, just for the record. ‘Old’ not because the News isn’t relevant anymore, but because I was too lazy busy to write it up here and you probably know about it by other means. Me and my start-up got featured on the Malayala Manorama News Paper.

( For some of my international readers (at least I like to think so), Malayala Manorama is the largest circulated regional daily news paper in India. )

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I Never Really Delivered On Time, Now I Can Brag About It!

Arun Basil Lal · June 2nd, 2012 · Scribblings

I am a typical freelancer. I never really delivered on time, I can’t remember a time I delivered everything on time. Luckily, I never had to work on time critical projects where the whole world would blow up if I wouldn’t deliver.

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What Do I Do For Fun?

Arun Basil Lal · May 5th, 2012 · Obsessions

Fun is overrated. It always has been and always will be. I think people do everything because it is fun. Sometimes its fun while doing it, sometimes its an insurance for fun in the future, and again sometimes we do things just to make sure that they don’t stand in the way of having fun at some point in the future.

People keep asking me this question, What do I do for fun. And it got me thinking. Truth is am not doing anything for fun. I don’t go out on weekends doing fun stuff like hobbies or traveling. I don’t stand in line to see a movie or hangout with my friends every now and then. In many ways there is no fun at all.

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