Monthly Archives: July 2011
Witness Stand
To say it has been a ghastly set of weeks is putting it mildly. Bombs, gunmen, bloodshed, earthquake, it’s been mayhem all around and it’s been depressing as hell. The world turned into the black hole of fun. So much so that when two ladies and a child knocked on my door on Sunday morning [...]
What Men
In Zoya Akhtar’s new film, “Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara”, Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif engage in a serious lip lock. In fact, she borrows her friend’s bike and rides through picturesque Spanish countryside for what looks like many kilometres only to kiss Roshan. And if we are to glean anything from the peek-a-boo appearance of [...]
On Alert
I packed carefully for my Delhi trip. At least, I thought I was packing carefully. I decided not to pack my nailcutter or carry shampoo, hair oil or anything fluid. (Yes, I use hair oil, diligently at that.) After three blasts in south Mumbai, Delhi was on high alert according to all the news channels. [...]
Cloud castles
Just about to head out for the airport and apparently it is “weird” behaviour to look forward to a flight during the monsoons. I know there’s turbulence and some bumpiness as the plane takes off and lands, but really, I live in Mumbai and use autos. Monsoon clouds have nothing on the boinging that happens [...]
Final Update
On the morning after, here is where we stand. At a press conference held at 9.30am, the Home Minister, P. Chidambaram, said the final casualty count is 17 (one severed head is yet to be identified; once it is, the toll will amount to 18). The three blasts were not remotely triggered but went off [...]
And it happens again
Here’s what I did today. I got up in the morning, toddled over to my neighbourhood coffee shop, read some stuff online, bought two pairs of shoes (it’s sale season here in Mumbai) and then I was going to head downtown at about 7 when I got this message: “City on high alert. Blast in [...]
Tour date
I’ve written about a lot of things in my journalist avatar: bagpipe players, delusional cross-dressing troubadours, midgets, aside from the stuff that no one really cares about like cultural blah blah blah. Travel-writing, however, is not something of which I can boast. I’ve written one article about going on a boat ride in the backwaters [...]
Watch the Birdie
I must admit, I’m becoming a Sheba Chhachhi fangirl. Over the years, I’ve only seen bits and bobs of her work. I think the first time I really noticed Chhachhi was when I chanced upon “Ganga’s Daughters: Meeting with Women Ascetics 1992-2002″ back in 2004 during a very random and short trip to Delhi. The [...]
World Domination
