February 24. “Button, since you’ve been looking out of the window for quite a while, spot 10 objects in 10 seconds. Start now.”

“Parrots, pigeons, trees, cars, people, sky, clouds, road going towards Worli, sea and hoardings. Did I make it? How long did I take?”

“11 seconds to be precise.”

“I overshot by a second. I thought I would be able to do it in less than 10 seconds.  You’re sure I took 11 seconds?”

“I timed you with a stopwatch but it was a good first effort.”

“The other day, the four of us were driving back from the office when I looked at the skyline which was littered with clouds of every shape and size. It must have been around 7 in the evening and the sun was just setting and I let my mind run amuk and saw a landscape in my mind’s eye. The clouds looked like chunks of greenery and the bare spaces looked like water and the entire stretch of sky looked like a huge landscape. The colours were awesome and I pointed this out to the others.”

“Our minds are incredible. If you use it to the optimum, it can do wonders for you yet, if you decide to let it lie idle, it rusts.”