Cogitation

 Priya, a British sindhi acquaintance asked me to design a logo for one of her wellbeing projects and I messaged my friend. She briefed him about it and within a day or two a beautiful logo was in her mailbox.                 Another friend common to us, who has started a museum in Goa, requested this friend of mine to design his website and a fine design was ready within days, not just the website but the entire marketing kit! In both the cases the designer didn't speak a word about his fees. There was absolutely no mention of remuneration. Both the jobs were done in practically no time although he lived in the Middle East then, running an ad agency. The designs were, as I had expected, superb!  The name of this friend of mine is Bismarck Dias.  We went to the art college and though he was my senior by a couple of years, and our disciplines were different, we always felt an affinity towards one another. As a student Bismarck w...