I just got a letter from my dad, who recently co-wrote a series of 3 books for the aviation industry.  He sent me a photocopy of the dedication page of the third installment, and it reads: “To my two sons, Siddharth and Swagat, whose growing up periods challenged and contributed...

If you didn’t know already the San Francisco Giants won the World Series tonight by destroying the Texas Rangers!  So after the game we decided to go out for dinner in our neighborhood. As we got to the intersection of 9th Ave. & Irving St. we saw road flares, and police cars,...

I just wanted to say that I am proud to be Indian. Happy Independence Day India! Jai Hind.

So for about 2 weeks now, I’ve started shaving with a straight razor (or cut-throat razor as the British sometimes call it).   Here’s my kit: Women I know think it’s slightly crazy and most guys I know think its totally bad ass.   As I was starting my first cut-throat...

So far this has been a crazy action-packed year – and I’d be lying if I said it was all fun and games.  Scary to think that summer is just starting and it feels like a year’s worth of life has been crammed into 6 months. First off, the best job I’ve ever had in my...

On the 11th of June  we lost my wife’s wonderful grandmother.   She was my 3rd grandmother.  As my grandparents were in India I only got to see them in 5 – 7 year increments.   With the recent loss of Po Po, I actually miss them all more now.    Jun Sau Lee lived for 86...

I wanted to introduce you to the newest member of my arsenal:  My Res-O-Glas Valco Airline “JB Hutto” reproduction.  It’s angular futuristic appearance led to some players calling it the Jetsons guitar! A few months ago I wrote about the guitar I was designing from parts....

We’ve been in our “new” place for about 9 months or so now, and we’ve still only put up one piece of art.   Here is a giclee print of my work “The Searchers” on canvas. It is a great feeling whenever I see a piece of my digital art out in the real world....

My Guitars (from left to right): Agile Valkyrie (Gibson SG copy) Agile AL-3000 “Rootbeer” (Gibson Les Paul copy) Res-O-Glas Valco reproduction (custom built) 2000 Gretsch 6120- Brian Setzer Signature model (1st edition) 1994 Fender ’62 Reissue Stratocaster 2007 SX-SJM...