About the Book

Is there a poet lurking inside you?

Here’s a suggestion. Take an old newspaper and a black marker pen. Then proceed as given at the Appendix to this book. Choose random words and blacken out the rest. You will be surprised by the end result. Perhaps you created a poem or an aphorism or some quirky lines which has no relevance to the original article. Do this for a week. Do you see a pattern in your messages by mistake? It could even reveal aspects of your personality that you never knew about.

In this book you realise a newspaper has other uses apart from the news such as providing entertainment in ways that you never thought of.

About the Author

Raj Chakravorty is a retired Commander, Hydrographer and Master Mariner. After a distinguished career in the Indian Navy, he played pivotal roles in marine mapping at C-MAP and Jeppesen.

Raj is currently running SMS Marine, a company he co-founded with his wife, Sumita, a maritime historian and marine archaeologist. They live in a quiet suburb of Navi Mumbai. In his free time Raj enjoys reading books, newspapers and doing crosswords. This book is a reflection of his love for playing with words.