My RACE before the RACE

When I started running 1 year back, I was not aware of the event races and the early morning timings....

We live in a nuclear family with no support where I could leave my kids behind when when I have to be away for the races....

So here begins my RACE BEFORE THE RACE.... 3-4 days before the RACE….

My 8 year old and 2 year old sons.... I start packing their stuffs (clothes. Eatables in ice box. Toys. Video Games etc.)

To wake them up @3 in the morning so they can join me in the car.

 My race before the race starts 3 days before THE day....

For my race of 1 to 3 hrs, I had to ensure that my kids are comfortable nd happy....

 My husband Ravi plays a BIG role in this.

 While I am running, he is with the kids taking care of them.

In this race before my race, many times, I ran without proper pre run food since I was more focused on my kid's stuffs.

I could easily have given up since it’s not easy to get up @2 in the morning and get ready 2 kids to the Race....

But since my husband and elder son Aaryan supported me, I  am into it and will keep running my RACES before the Race....

Its not easy for me for atleast another 4-5 years, but if it was easy, everyone would have done that…. I am happy doing my RACES before THE RACE….

I FINISHED with more POWER....

18^th October, might be just another day for many, but was an important and challenging day for me…. I had decided to go for my first Half Marathon – 21K race, after 2 months of taking up regular running....

I knew it might be too early for me to run 21K suddenly when u have started running hardly 2 months back, but I wanted to do it....

But it was not that easy. So guys, one day back on 17th Oct, it was bad really bad. My lower back had gone for a toss, my stomach was hurting badly. I was almost struggling. Was not feeling fully fit to go with it.

I took my light dinner, slept early and got up at 2:30 am to get ready for the day....

I found that it was my ‘FIRST MENSTRUAL’ day today. I was feeling week physically and mentally.

Since my childhood, I never took any off or rest on my first day. I always was very active be it my work or my workout. So I decided to go for 21K....

I started @5:30 am. It was not as comfortable as I had assumed. I was struggling with bad stomach pain for the first 6-7 K, yet I kept telling myself – I AM STRONG AND I CAN DO IT….

My legs were cramped badly. I was on and on running walking and doing the best whatever I could that time. I had decided to not to quit and kept telling me – ‘I AM GOING TO FINISH IT’....

It took me a while, but YES…. I FINISHED it…. I finished my first 21K on my first day with more power....

That time at the FINISH LINE, I faced and achieved a WOMAN’S INNER STRENGTH AND POWER…. 

It gave me more POWER and made me STRONGER….

I would say thanks to RUNNING, to make me a much STRONGER female after this EVENT….

In this race, I overtook NO runner but my PAINS, my STRUGGLES, AND most importantly, our INHIBITIONS OF THOSE DAYS in A WOMAN’S LIFE….

I didn’t feel ashamed to Run on my first day….Neither do I feel ashamed to share with all today…. Rather I am feeling PROUD and more ACCOMPLISHED…. More accomplished as a Woman, as a Mom, as a Wife and as a Daughter….

That APPEALING SMILE on her face…

She was Sonica… very pretty girl… hardworking and gud looking…

I saw her once she came to clean my roof… When I saw her I felt she deserved much more than what she had been doing with her parents… collecting garbage from the society and cleaning stairs, roofs…

She was very young… looked very bright to me…

I often saw her looking @ the society girls of her age… looking with an urge in her eyes… as if she also wanted to be like them… wear gud clothes like them and go to school like them…

Poor little girl… she had to pick garbage nd clean stairs while other girls of her age go to school…

Once I spoke to her and advised her lot of things like she shld cover her face while handling garbage and cleaning… May be she felt closeness with me that she started giving her typical APPEALING SMILE whnever she saw me…

I somehow felt she was expecting something from me… as if she wanted to say --- I also want to be like other girls… WHY cant I go to school and wear gud clothes like them?

I read her eyes…

Couldn’t help her much bu gave her few gud clothes to wear and a new BRIGHT RED JACKET to wear in winters…

Her eyes sparkled with happiness…

I felt as if I received the double benefit @ the cost of that BRIGHT RED JACKET…

Her APPEALING SMILE with sparkles in her eyes gave me all the satisfaction I could never hav got wearing that jacket myself…

Case Studies - Sai Kaka (Spiritual Website)

Sai Kaka ( Spiritual Website)

Scope of work – Static website design - Eng/Hindi

 This project was a challenge in itself as it was a Spiritual Content and has to be very minimal in terms of showcasing and appealing enough for the users...


The content includes text, Video, Audio and Pictures clearly it was a case of high multimedia showcasing project.
The major challenge was to be secular design. To do justice with the thoughts we used relevant solors and pictures.
We developed few design ideas to go with and finally selected one with a blue tint...

The mass production was towards the sudio/vide/pics collections of Sai Kaka...

The emphasis was solely on the content and not the religion.

Graphicore successfully launched http://www.saikaka.com in Aug 2012 soon looking forward to launch the hindi version...

Please check more design works @ http://graphicoremedia.com/portfolio.htm

Case Study - Icing on the CAKE

Icing on the CAKE

Scope of work – Logo Design

The Client is into designer cake making. They make designer cakes with more creative emphasis on the icing.

Client was looking for a new style of logo that should be modern, sleek and appealing.

We tried various styles with the main emphasis on typos, ICING and colors.

As per the concept, ICING should get more emphasis as it all about it only.

The logo design was a fresh and unique idea and after few amendment for the typo which I felt should have been calligraphy / designer style, we went ahead with ne style and finalised it.

Please check the logo design @ http://graphicoremedia.com/portfolio.htm#graphic

MOMENTS OF JOY...

When you get your fav ginger blk tea on a winter morning...

When you gotta go to pick your kid from school after a tiring wrkout…

Whn u hav to trim the waist of ur newly bought jeans…

Whn u receive ur fav RajniGandha flowers as gift frm ur best half…

Whn u watch ur kid polishing his new jacket with his chocolate icecream…

Whn ur kid says - mamma u r the best mamma in this world’…

Whn ur kid writes his frst word and creates/colors his frst artwrk…
When u give ur wrking table 2 ur kid fr his study/artwrk...
When u watch ur kid dictating u stories...
When ur kid's teacher appreciates him fr his hard wrk and observations...

Whn ur client appreciates u fr ur hardwrk nd honesty…

Whn u see ur wrk growing day by day…

Whn u design ur own design-studio’s logo…

Whn u set up ur own office nd be ur own boss…
whn ur client calls bk and says: I want more wrk to be done (: ...

Case Study - Nepathya

Nepathya – An emerging Production House

Scope of work – Logo Design & Corporate Design

The client wanted a fresh modern style logo design. They are Young & Emerging Production House.

We focussed on the sleek styles pastel shades with value addition of N as crafted in some style.

It had to be modern yet sleek yet conveying the value with design as well as color.

We had to provide them few color options too.

Thoughtfully, we worked on around 8 logo styles with different shades and styles.

Styling ‘N’ of Nepathya was the biggest challenge at the same time keeping the design stylish yet sober.

Initially client was keen on going with google green and blue shade and it was a challenge to convince them with some other color shade I was convinced with to be better appealing.

I had to give them what I thought was good for them.

We successfully attracted them with it and finally they selected the color option we suggested.

Afterwards, we produced the Corporate Designs for them too.

Overall, it was a short yet smart nd challenging experience with the client as since its an emerging organisation , the brand identity had to play a big role in their advertisement & PR and we successfully developed the saem for them.

We certainly look forward for a long-lasting business relationship with this client.