How it all began...
It was on 16th March 2014, that this whole thing got started. Well, not the best of initiations but I was with my buddy Suraj at our mentor Vasant Rao's art gallery in Manipal, when he suggested the idea. I wanted to try my hand in this - writing as they called it (although I'd never given it much thought) and it seemed a good time to start. I was on a roll.! :P Won a national award for an essay and had quite a few admirers. And of course, a VERY BIG head! 'Auditorium' I wanted to call it. Rao sir was not happy though. Get something out-of-the-box. Something like Sitting Under The Mango Tree! So the name stuck. Initially it seemed funny and silly even, but slowly everyone got accustomed to it. After I gave them an hour long crash course on what 'The Mango Tree' really means! I started it out as a hashtag on facebook. #SittingUnderTheMangoTree trending worldwide! Maybe that's a little bit of an exaggeration. But it did take off. Sometimes there were these cute little spin-offs - #MarriageUnderTheMangoTree #HoneymoonUnderTheMangoTree #PissingUnderTheMangoTree #CutDownYourMangoTree #SittingUnderTheCoconutTree #SittingUnderTheGujjaTree and whatnot! But 'The Mango Tree' grew straight and tall - leading to the birth of this - A Blog! And the Blog has another story for another day! Let's leave it at that for now! Chow!
Dt. 28th March, 2015
It was on 16th March 2014, that this whole thing got started. Well, not the best of initiations but I was with my buddy Suraj at our mentor Vasant Rao's art gallery in Manipal, when he suggested the idea. I wanted to try my hand in this - writing as they called it (although I'd never given it much thought) and it seemed a good time to start. I was on a roll.! :P Won a national award for an essay and had quite a few admirers. And of course, a VERY BIG head! 'Auditorium' I wanted to call it. Rao sir was not happy though. Get something out-of-the-box. Something like Sitting Under The Mango Tree! So the name stuck. Initially it seemed funny and silly even, but slowly everyone got accustomed to it. After I gave them an hour long crash course on what 'The Mango Tree' really means! I started it out as a hashtag on facebook. #SittingUnderTheMangoTree trending worldwide! Maybe that's a little bit of an exaggeration. But it did take off. Sometimes there were these cute little spin-offs - #MarriageUnderTheMangoTree #HoneymoonUnderTheMangoTree #PissingUnderTheMangoTree #CutDownYourMangoTree #SittingUnderTheCoconutTree #SittingUnderTheGujjaTree and whatnot! But 'The Mango Tree' grew straight and tall - leading to the birth of this - A Blog! And the Blog has another story for another day! Let's leave it at that for now! Chow!
Dt. 28th March, 2015