Existence

A quote from the book Fight Club.

Sea Anemones and Pink Floyd!!

YYDF recently met the Psychedelic Jelly Fishes grooving to Pink Floyd on our planet and during an extremely interesting conversation, they revealed that they were the Pink Floyd groupies from the 60s.

Pink Floyd rules!

la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la

yay! Groove on!

Trapped

You buy furniture. You tell yourself, this is the last sofa I will ever need in my life. Buy the sofa, then for a couple years you're satisfied that no matter what goes wrong, at least you've got your sofa issue handled. Then the right set of dishes. Then the perfect bed. The drapes. The rug. Then you're trapped in your lovely nest, and the things you used to own, now they own you. -Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club, Chapter 5

The Soul of the Forest

Our humble homage to Miyazaki. We love Pricess Mononoke and wish we could meet the soul of the forest!! yay!
Here's Giraffe, in all his glory.

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Behaving with Nature

The Ajgar is a Python in Hindi.
While YYDF was out walking in the forest we met two of them. Ajgar Ali and his cousin Diagon Ali. They were quite friendly and harmless. Diagon let us know that the lump in Ajgar was the botanist he swallowed a few hours ago. Apparently the botanist was too inquisitive about Diagon's tilt in life and was trying to straighten him up. Ajgar got infuriated n swallowed him up before he annoyed Diagon further.
While we spoke with them, we could hear the botanist taking notes inside Ajgar's stomach.
pff...if only people would leave their inquisitiveness at home. Live and let swallow.

Art

Fingerpaint and the scanner. yay!

Ill

The Presidents are off today on a much needed sick leave. Back to reporting world facts/events tomorrow, same time, same ...

Defecate in Style

Presenting the eagerly awaited 'release' of the POTTYMAN!!
Parents with constipated children, pls contact YYDF for assistance. Ditto for adults.

Cordially,
Presidents.

Mainstream

image courtesy and copyright : Krystof Kriz

RED IS BACK!

Last week was the red week here at HQ. We urge more women to wear red nail enamel and to abandon the pale shades!!

Bright is here.
:)

Madam I'm Adam

The Presidents interviewed Adam this week. Here's an excerpt from our meeting:

YYDF: So, tell me, how is it being Adam, the first man on earth.
Adam: uhhhh, well, I.... uhhh
YYDF: Ya, go on, dont choke on that Adam's apple, I mean, your apple.
Adam: uhh...well, I have certain visions and then when I look in the mirror I'm different
YYDF: Different? How?
Adam: I've had this dream ever since I was dropped off on Earth of being "Madam" instead of Adam.
YYDF: That's awesome! Oh, except, the earthlings will get muddled on what to do with Eve.
Adam: uhhh...well I ... uhhh...I....uhhhh......I....
YYDf: Say it, Adam, I mean Madam!!
Adam: uhh... uhhhh....I...
YYDF: Ok, so now we'll havta make that Madam and Eve. There goes the entire Adam n Eve branding!!!! We'll havta rework the logo, the collateral, the fonts, even the ads!! Time to call on Headquarters!!!
Adam: uhhh.... ....
YYDF: Oh well, so much for everlasting images. So people, please beware of appearances. We urge you to go beneath the surface n seek the bigger truths. And accept people as they come: Madam or Adam.

image courtesy and copyright : Anvita Jain

Vintage India

YYDF features this beautiful retro styled kohl containers. The presidents are off to Paharganj hippy market tomorrow to find more things like this.

We have fan-mail!!

Portrait/scribbles of the YYDF-ians by non-citizens.
Drrr to you too.

YYDF road located

We have discovered the perfect YYDF road in the Kerala countryside!! yay!! This is mid-way on the highway between Cochin and Kottayam and was hand-made by nature to be the prettiest place on earth.



This road also leads to the Head Ofice of Kara, a handloom revival project underlining the 'design for a cause' motto. More on this in a while..

YYDF Test

YYDF proposes a test for those who'd like to become its citizens.

If the candidate can see beyond the symmetry in the image above, then he/she is fit to be a citizen. If not, then our specialists would lke to fix an eyeball and a brain first, and then consider citizenship again.

YYDF appreciates truthfulness to the self regarding what is seen in the image.

Thank you

image courtesy and copyright : Anvita Jain

First Aid Kits available!

Due to an increased incidence of evilness and vicious slandering in our surroundings, YYDF proposes emergency First Aid services. We even offer this helping hand to citizens of other countries, like India, USA, China, Japan, Honduras, etc.

The kit contains:
1) Heart (for the heartless)
2) Brain (for the brain-dead)
3) Eyeball (to see the bigger picture)
4) Screwdriver, nuts and bolts (to fix the above mentioned items to the body)
5) The Golden book of the Laws of Drr (to read and understand our philosophy for a better lifestyle)

Please contact us at HQ; these first aid kits are being distributed freeely amongst the needy in this area.

Short-sightedness

YYDF also loves to read sad books.
And think about how things would be if people got over this citizenship and country limitations.
And became as free as migratory birds.

And realised that all our x-rays looked the same, even if our photographs do not.

"How to" - Part 1

Here's how to tie a Maharashtrian style Sari. Our illustration sample is a bit dated and a bit mutilated, but you get the gist, right?

We love that yellow leg! rrrrr

Dont use Earbuds!!

Public Service Msg: Doctors advised us against the use of earbuds. For REAL. They jam the wax in and do nothing to clean ears. So please, throw out the ear buds.
Our Fellow citizen Anvita was partially deaf for a while and suspecting it to be a case of 'aliens in the ears' went to the ENT specialist. Who cleared her ear and advised againt use of earbuds.

For clean ear solution, there's a guy in Connaught Place, Delhi, who cleans ears for customers. He's got like a stool to sit on and he does it on the pavement. Aint that super?!!
So take your ears to CP this weekend!!!

Resting Place

We found a beautiful patch of garden for the resting place of the dead one:

Eternal Beauty

YYDF is feeling melancholic after hearing about the sad demise of this beautiful creature. We feel this is a reminder to create beautiful design that will exist long after we are gone.

Snake-ni

President Swati sometimes transforms into a female-Snake (called a Saampni in hindi) at headquarters. There is a film being made about this phenomenon in Bollywood: it's called "I'm a Saampni". This species is the Kachcha-Dhaari Saampni (or Snakes-wearing-Shorts)
Here's a sneak preview of the film and the lyrics to its title song. The poster also features our beloved President in the snake-role, supporting cast: citizens of YYDF. Music Direction: Swati Sharma. Director: Rakes.