Vinay Payyapilly
Pavement Conversations, Episode 12, Mentoring women
In this episode, I talk to Lalitha Vaidyanath about her work with the Thrive with Mentoring initiative. This group of experience women...
top of page
A take on life as it passes by...
PAVEMENT VIEWS
A spectator's take on life
Search
Vinay Payyapilly
Oct 13, 20212 min read
Good morning
It's 5 in the morning, the alarm goes off on the phone. You wish there is a power surge at that moment and the damn thing would just blow...
4 views0 comments
Vinay Payyapilly
Oct 12, 20211 min read
The bottle on my table
It sits there inert, not moving. But I know it is alert. The moment I feel thirsty, all I need to do is reach out and grab it by its...
6 views0 comments
Vinay Payyapilly
Oct 4, 20211 min read
Pavement Conversations, Episode 11: Ride for the children
A very different format this time. Instead of me asking my guest questions, Srilakshmi asks me about my Ride for the Children initiative...
10 views0 comments
Vinay Payyapilly
Sep 28, 20211 min read
Pavement Conversations, Episode 10: Lock down experiences with Leena
In this episode, I talk to Leena Kejriwal about how she navigated the lockdown in a new city. Leena's website Missing Link Trust Music by...
5 views0 comments
Vinay Payyapilly
Sep 20, 20211 min read
Episode 9: Lockdown Blues with Mariam
In this episode, I talk to Mariam about her life under the lockdown. One of the earliest shows I recorded, you can hear how much fun we...
2 views0 comments
Vinay Payyapilly
Sep 16, 20211 min read
Episode 8: Traveling Solo with Shruti
In this episode, I talk to Shruti, who takes up solo travels to explore the country.
6 views0 comments
Vinay Payyapilly
Aug 30, 20211 min read
Kuruthi (2021) – A brave film, apt for the times
As the story hurtles along like a runaway train, you are a passenger but are powerless to do anything to stop the wreck.
17 views0 comments
Vinay Payyapilly
Aug 25, 20212 min read
Samsung Dex, a game changer
Alright, let me admit it up front, I am quite excited today because I finally got my Samsung Dex to work. But the excitement from making...
32 views0 comments
Vinay Payyapilly
Aug 11, 20212 min read
What women want
I am not a big fan of the Olympics. Not that I have anything specific against the Olympics, it’s just that I find that nation-based...
34 views0 comments
Vinay Payyapilly
Aug 2, 20212 min read
Mimi (2021): A movie with so many lost opportunities
As a movie, Mimi is a typical Ayushman Khurrana kind of film. Take a little discussed topic and wrap it up in a lot of comedy with...
66 views0 comments
Vinay Payyapilly
Jul 26, 20212 min read
Sarpatta Parambarai (2021) – The movie Bollywood forgot how to make
Yes, I am recommending you watch this movie multiple times.
51 views0 comments
Vinay Payyapilly
Jul 23, 20212 min read
Affirmative Action
A strange thing you will see in Indian restaurants is the Family room.
27 views0 comments
Vinay Payyapilly
Jul 19, 20213 min read
Toofaan (2021)
You don’t have to win to win. To win, you have to be better than what you thought you could be. At that moment, irrespective of where you pl
65 views2 comments
Vinay Payyapilly
Jul 5, 20212 min read
Another promise bites the dust
In 2019, Prime Minister Modi, in typical style, announced that India would be free of single-use plastic by 2022. Just as with so many...
32 views0 comments
Vinay Payyapilly
Jun 7, 20212 min read
Moral Judgements
In May 2021, Justice Anil Kshetarpal passed an order dismissing an appeal by a young couple asking from protection on the grounds that...
10 views0 comments
Vinay Payyapilly
Jun 2, 20213 min read
To martyr or not to martyr
These are times of extremes. We leave no space for in-betweens or grays. One casualty of this behavior is our language. On the personal...
14 views0 comments
Vinay Payyapilly
May 27, 20213 min read
The dangers of hero worship
Heroes, mentors, gurus....we seem to have an inherent need to deify someone and put them on a pedestal. As a young boy, I was a big fan...
74 views0 comments
Vinay Payyapilly
May 21, 20214 min read
Nehru and Modi, are they really the same person?
No, the title isn't click-bait. By now, you must be used to people comparing Modi to Indira Gandhi and remarking how similar they are in...
31 views0 comments
Vinay Payyapilly
May 12, 20214 min read
Good words masquerading as bad - Part 2
Words such as hoarding, profit, surge-pricing, black money have come to hold a very negative meaning in our society. The negativity...
14 views0 comments
bottom of page