Posts Tagged With: Random
Smells Blog-worthy
I’m trying this business of writing posts on the phone. The reasons I’m trying this are the following: 1. I’m sitting in a car, in a Bandra traffic jam (Holy Family is an unholy mess). 2. I’m stuck between two people who are squabbling with each other. They are a married couple in their late [...]
Bundling Borges into Bandra
I am now officially one of the employed. This has, for reasons inexplicable to me, led to me re-reading some Jorge Luis Borges and looking up his interviews. If there was the slightest chance of me using any of what I’m reading in my job, the wander around Borges boulevard would seem vaguely constructive. There [...]
Words of Wisdom
Nothing like beginning a year with a solid pep talk. The following have been gleaned from this article in The Guardian. Enjoy. Shostakovich could not have composed with the telly on. The afternoon is the worst time for creativity. It’s a bit like having children: you don’t interfere with the birth, but as your child grows [...]
Dam(n) Right
Eavesdropping in a Bandra Coffee Shop, Or, Why I’ve Less Drunk and More Choked on the Cup of Coffee I Got this Evening. “What the hell? Have you heard of this film? Dam 999. Random Tamil or Mallu film. Came out of bloody nowhere and now it’s gone and got shortlisted for best song and [...]
Grey to White
Yes, I’ve changed the blog’s template again (sorry Leo; on the plus side, you’re brain is no longer being exploited and paraded before the internetted world at large as the header of an obscure blog). Grey, dear reader, is not my colour. It’s too calm and lacks extremes. So white it is, this time with [...]
Trials
Hindi may officially be India’s national language, but Bengalis aren’t really known for their ability to speak it. If anything, we’re known for how skilfully we mangle Hindi. Even after spending 20-odd years living in Delhi and being surrounded by Punjabi neighbours, my grandmother would come up with fantastic sentences like, “Hum khata kinnay jaata [...]
Back to Black
I’m back. Not only am I back, I’m also un-jetlagged. Never mind the fact that I feel like my anthem should be “Creep” by Radiohead. At some point, I will get down to writing about my most awesome vacation. To do so, I will have to write many, many posts because this, gentle readers, is [...]
Mother = Lunatic
It’s official: my mother has gone entirely insane. I was in Kolkata for a night and over dinner, I told my mother how much I enjoyed “The Bad Boy’s Guide to the Good Indian Girl”. My mother filled me in who was coming home from which part of the globe for Durga Puja. Family news [...]
Rejection and plush organs
The funny thing about rejections is that they have a way of overwhelming everything else. Over the last few days, I’ve written an article that went through without needing a single clarification. Not just that, the article will also have photos taken by me. It’s a crap publication and the photos are extremely non-descript but [...]
Lost Cause
Last month, I decided that I would shake off the sloth of the past … oh, about year and a half, and get with the program again. Or at least get with as much of the program as I can. So I vowed that I would, come first September, head into town and see all [...]
World Domination
