TidyBytes with Reagan and Eisha

In this episode of TidyBytes, Reagan and Eisha talk about their dreams. Most of Reagan's dreams are about his deceased parents. Eisha surprises him by telling him that after the fallout they had during the first season of TidyBytes, when she had to abruptly end the season (she called it a 'roadblock'), she saw his mother in her dream and complained to her about his offensive behaviour. Reagan had a dream where his parents wagged their fingers in front of his face and admonished him. Bizarre! They then talk about music and how Paul McCartney dreamt up the lyrics...

It's not often that one comes across a talent that, despite latent brilliance, often is so modest as to not really speak about the same. Sometime after they finished their previous piece, Reagan rhetorically asked Eisha why on earth he hadn’t coaxed her into talking about her art. So, he did, adamant as he was about it and they started off on what he knew would be quite an engaging episode. However, true to their form, their conversation quickly rocketed from art to video games to a whole bunch of subjects, all however, having art as a common thread. In...

In 2002, Reagan went to the lesser-known parts of the Himalayas in Himachal Pradesh. The dak bungalow where he stayed after a ride in a rickety bus dated back to the times of the British Raj. His curiosity led him to a raised cemented structure, which was a huge squat toilet. Not many have the nose for shit but Reagan's not ordinary. What he found was a huge spider, the sight of which has traumatized him for 19 years. Next, he listened to a chowkidar tell him the story of a girl who drowned in a well there, which reminds Eisha...

In this episode of TidyBytes, Reagan talks about his interest in Corvids that began in middle school with Alfred Hitchcock's movie, Birds, and later Brandon Bruce Lee's film, The Crow. The intelligent birds have become his friends and stopover for lunch in his balcony. Watch the video on YouTube https://youtu.be/Q3LDRYBhlUc #crows #corvids #reagangavinrasquinha #tidybyteswithreaganandeisha #tidybytes #crowfeeder #feedingcrows #birds #hitchcock #brandonbrucelee #thecrow #film #music #hive

After the death of her beloved granny-in-law in 2016, Eisha had the same recurring dreams for four years. Then in 2020, while she struggled with depression trying to cope with the pandemic, she started writing them. New to fiction-writing, she first wrote a film and then turned it into a novel. Over the course of three months, the words just flowed into a 1,55,000-word trilogy. After sending the first part to a publisher, who promptly gave her a positive reply, she started chatting with Reagan, and discovered, to her astonishment that he is exactly like the fictional character in the book...

Reagan talks about his childhood. His father worked in Kuwait and whenever he was back in Bombay, he would be physically abusive towards his mom. Reagan took the blows on his back to protect her. It was from his mother he learned about movies and music. With his friend, Nikhil Chatterjee, he would spend hours browsing music at the iconic Rhythm House that is now closed. Eisha talks about how she was always the target of bullies and how writing gave her a voice. This episode of TidyBytes with Reagan and Eisha is about re-emergence. #bullying #abuse #childabuse #pandemic #covid19...

It was the privilege of knowing and living with a pure-bred German Shepherd named Schneider, that kindled Reagan's eternal love for dogs. His two adopted dogs, Handsome and Tiger, are a part of a pack of four who are taken care of by the residents and tenants of the iconic 250-year-old Great Western Building in Bombay, where he lives. The kindness Tiger showed him when Reagan was down with malaria during the lockdown brought about by the Covid19 pandemic in 2020 has remained with him. In this episode, he talks about how much the dogs take care of him.

The non-stop ringing of the landline at Reagan's house irritates Eisha during one of their recordings. She asks him to answer the call. He says the MTNL guys are calling to check out if his WiFi is working, which it isn't. Reagan tells her he went to the MTNL office to get it fixed but the elderly women officials there offered him vada-pav, the popular Mumbai snack. A conversation between giggles makes this episode. 

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This episode of TidyBytes with Reagan and Eisha starts with Reagan singing Lionel Richie's Hello. He and Eisha then talk about marriages and live-in relationships including the latest news of Aamir Khan separating from Kiran Rao after 15 years of marriage. Reagan enumerates the life lessons about love he learnt from his mother. Eisha tells him he is very similar to Florentino Ariza, the protagonist in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love In The Time Of Cholera, which Reagan has gifted her. They discuss Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel that Eisha gifted him a while ago and then Yuval Noah Harari's...

Eisha talks about how she discovered vegetarian pizza after moving to Bombay in 1997, when one of her friends invited her for her birthday party at Pizzeria (now  Pizza By The Bay) on Marine Drive. Reagan's favourite there is Bombay Masala. Eisha agrees. Reagan and Eisha share their anecdotes about pizza and how they love it before they start discussing art and why you need to feel pain to make good art.  #pizza #dominos #smokinjoes #pizzeria #pizzabythebay #bombay #mumbai #marinedrive #anecdotes #memories #birthdayparties #michigan #travel #uae #grandfather #mother #love #relationships #art #music #cranberries #linger #lingerie #crawfordmarket #jalapenos #socialaudio #podcast #anchorapp #tidybytes #ti...