Monthly Archives: August 2010
Gir(l)dle your Loins
Warning: Do not try to pronounce ‘girldle’ when drunk. It may result in serious muscular damage in the tongue. It is also inadvisable to attempt pronouncing this non-word when sober because listeners are liable to think you are a) drunk, b) illiterate, or c) drunk and illiterate. The author of this post apologises for her [...]
Party police
The other day, I was at a party. That in itself could be deserving of a post but here’s my standard practice at a party: I find a corner and I sit there, either pretending I have something inordinately interesting on my phone or simply nursing a drink. Those who are kind attempt conversation. I [...]
E for Envy
Alright. Rant ahead because really, I should just get this out of my system. So I was reading Tishani Doshi’s “The Pleasure Seekers” and by the time I’d reached page 50, I wasn’t terribly gripped by the novel but it’s not appalling either and idly I put her name into Google. There was an interview [...]
A Disappointing Number
How spectacular does that look, eh? And yes, do imagine me saying that in my poshest Brit accent. This is, after all, a picture of Complicité’s 2007 play “A Disappearing Number” that has been touring India. I’ve seen a couple of Complicité’s earlier work and I’m a fan. A huge fan. Which is why I [...]
Like for Like
Last night, at about 12.15am, I was standing in a corridor. My Fabindia-clad back was pressed against a red wall. An elbow belonging to a waiter dug into my stomach as said waiter tried to squeeze his way past with a tray of wannabe Bellinis. A Louis Vuitton bag moistly rubbed against my upper arm [...]
World Domination
