Monthly Archives: February 2007
Inheriting Colombo
While doing the daily roundups for Global Voices today, I chanced upon this lovely post at the The Lolly DJ on a grandfather who landed in Sri Lanka 65 years ago. The piece is so well-written and goes well with … Continue reading
Filed under Blogs, Global Voices, History and Monuments, Random Links, South Asia
Fiction Fragment: The Right Time
She used to be the fastest reader as a child. Pages would collapse into the mind. Every book gulped. Sometimes not even chewed enough. In the tradition of multi-tasking, she would listen to music. Each day, discovering a new band. … Continue reading
Filed under Photographs, Poetry and Fiction
Fiction Fragment: The loud woman across the room
You look at her and you think she may be nice. But then she opens her mouth. She’s loud. You cringe. You think maybe her loudness is mostly to do with her discomfort. Perhaps she’s like you. Uncomfortable with more … Continue reading
Filed under Poetry and Fiction
Fiction Fragment: Kannamma hates her mother
Her mother thinks she’s the prettiest seven year old in the whole world. Actually, in the whole universe. The name of the child is lost to the wind, remembered only when being introduced to strangers. Kannamma she is, and so … Continue reading
Filed under Poetry and Fiction
Fiction Fragment: The name of a park in South Bombay
She clicks on “Compose Mail” and stares at the white spaces. Instead of filling them, she fills her own eyes with wetness. This strange shyness. She had never been shy when it came to flirting, professing love, writing dirty emails, … Continue reading
Filed under Photographs, Poetry and Fiction
You, Me and Dilli
There was a time when I cringed everytime a new Punjabi pop album was released. Track after track of mind and feet numbing Bhangra arranged with little imagination or creativity. Played by boys in their cars in Delhi, thumping the … Continue reading
Filed under Cities, Music, Film and Art