Well here it is again and I find myself scurrying around trying to find lost addresses and envelopes to send off my rakhis- (better late than never ) My brother-in-law lazily received his this morning as he scratched his head and asked for cornflakes. I managed to nag him and my better half to [...]
Well, if you grew up in Delhi this has to come as a big blow. No more bumper cars. No more dragon roller coaster. No more room with the funny mirrors. No more cotton candy and popcorn and thumbs up. No more dangerous ferris wheels. No more spinning tea-cups. And most importantly, no more Bhoot [...]
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WEll ROTD is officially, mind-numbingly, batter my head against a brick wall bored…and don’t go giving me that “only boring people get bored crap” because from the minute before and after I’m in this insipid landscape the world is a kaleidoscopic tunnel of brilliant insanity…
such is office life. So here’s a random list of things [...]
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October 22nd…a day famous for many events, including ours…
* 4004 BC – The universe is created. This is according to the 17th-century chronology of the history of the world formulated by James Ussher the Anglican Archbishop of Armagh.
* 362 – The temple of Apollo at [...]
Banana Brothers 2, Watercolour by Dileep Sharma
So I went to the closing party for an art exhibit in Bombay that was curated by a close friend of mine. The paintings had all been moved to the interior of a swanky night club, and the lighting was perfect…tables of stone floating between miniature rivers filled with [...]
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Listen guys, right now lets pool our efforts and help spread information about what is happening right now in Burma. The Indian government is acting slimy and is more concerned right now about protecting its oil interests in Burma than about all the people protesting peacefully in the streets who are getting murdered [...]
So I’m walking to work today from the train station and it starts to rain. Of course I forgot my umbrella. So I put one hand over my eyes so that my mascara wont come dripping down my cheeks like Courtney Love. I’m walking along, by the side of the highway, muttering “whatever” to the [...]
For some strange reason, Rakhi is one of the few festivals that I try not to dismiss off hand as being another opportunity for greeting card and cell phone companies to cash in on nauseating mass-sentimentalism. Like a vegetarian who eats a portion of fish once a year (for health reasons) I try to put [...]
On my way to another job interview. What is it with the nerves in my stomach? They never fail. I call up my Mr. and he tells me to breathe. Yes. Note to self. Must remember to breathe. breathing in. breathing out. breathe. air. (cough cough). ok I think I may be getting the hang [...]
Gutting through the last of one of those annoying Mondays? I am, anyway. Working towards a deadline and suddenly am very tired and with the rest of the week’s tasks ahead the finish line seems even further away. The weekend just seemed to slip through my fingers this time around, and I’m tired and cranky [...]
I just returned from the dark catacombs of Dr. Frankenstein’s laboratory…a mad inventor of strange futuristic monsters welcomed me and my better half in a white cotton kurta, in the dim shadows of his house. While we sat and spoke of plans and pasts, projects and premonitions, he fed us mutton pulav and phirni of [...]
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Its late some time on Friday night/Saturday morning and I’m not out guzzling beers with friends (save that for Saturday). My man has returned home after a long hard day’s work and after consuming sustenance has promptly collapsed into a deep sleep. “You couldn’t possibly understand this kind of tiredness” he says [...]
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Some highlights from the first week in Bombay…
Things are totally flooded up North. People are literally swimming in the streets. Or sitting in arm chairs up to their necks. We were staying in Wadala for a few days and got caught in the first rain storm…our ginormous umbrella got blown inside out and [...]
A lost chappal, some sandy traces, Old bollywood film clips and posters, bits of music from here and there, uncanny adds, late night beer-guzzling stupidities, bad movies that made you spit out your popcorn and “never again” all-nighters writing pointless essays and/or drinking strange concoctions that make you have strange dreams about evil ponies, snakes [...]
