I have been writing bits and pieces since my college days but never made an effort to systematically document this effort. As a consequence, most of my experiments with early writing got lost. Some of these early pieces that were discovered later made it evident that not much was lost! My non-academic writing, mainly poems, remained sporadic for many years but picked up a bit after I joined IIM, Ahmedabad. Gradually, I mustered up courage to share these poems with family and some close friends. Their encouragement meant that the group of people who suffered my writings expanded over time. Many a times, there will be a suggestion, especially from my wife, to put my writings in the public domain but I resisted as I was not sure if they had much substance. But after I retired, the idea of ‘publishing’ these non-academic jottings surfaced again. I also discovered that our daughter had systematically filed all emails with my writings in a separate folder. She also kept egging me on to ‘go public’. Consequently, my disorganization was no more an excuse but procrastination continued till Ruchi Aggarwal, an old student, offered to help me create a website. But for her, my daughter and wife this endeavour may have remained on the drawing board for a much longer time.