Bombay is a good city to fall in
love. My lover lives eight train
stations and two full bus-stops
away. Ten rupees of distance
between us.
Courage comes easy. The city
pocked with couples, suspended
in amour. Wet monsoon shivers,
filling streetfood. Midday reads
to share.
Obstacles, like the sour smell
of suburban shit, humidity, the
crowded train. All defeated by
young love. Bombay, yes, is a
good [...]
Posted on April 30th, 2007 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Photographs, Poetry and Fiction | 28 Comments »
Am watching a fabulous clip from the Tamil movie Thevar Magan (possibly one of my favourite movies). Imagine – two geniuses not stealing the performance from each other. Each understated enough to let the other shine. To think that this movie was only released in 1992. I have to struggle to think of anything even [...]
Posted on April 30th, 2007 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Music, Film and Art | 4 Comments »
I am an optimist. I tend to hope that movies will turn out better in their two and a half hour format than the trailers. I obviously, need to have my head examined. Ta Ra Rum Pum we went for, and a damp Ta Ra Rum Pum we got.
There’s something to be said about [...]
Posted on April 30th, 2007 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Music, Film and Art | 13 Comments »
Imagine me, melting on this
bench. A book drooping its
pages onto my hand.
My fingers tell me that your
blue denim creased my face.
I open half of one eye.
You like me sleeping you say.
Ease the eyelid with a finger-
tip. I am stubborn. I won’t.
I like a little light in my eyes.
Imagine us, getting thirsty,
drinking the afternoon sun.
Posted on April 27th, 2007 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Photographs, Poetry and Fiction | 4 Comments »
Who would have thought I’d enjoy the wet weather here today? I repeatedly crib about the moodiness of the sun. The sudden spell of drops tend to put me off. But today, with rr, as we crossed the Tower Bridge, the mild drizzle evoked something else altogether.
Perhaps it’s where we live, but when it [...]
Posted on April 25th, 2007 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Family and Friends, India, London, Photographs | 10 Comments »
It doesn’t matter what this building will finally look like. Or how its monstrosity might ruin the current skyline. Or that it will eventually throw a shadow so dark on streets around it, everything drenched in an even deeper shade of gray.
In the summers, evening dangles onto the night, whispering endless yawns into the sky, [...]
Posted on April 25th, 2007 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: London, Photographs, Poetry and Fiction | 5 Comments »
I cannot digest this.
If Indian Railways has its way then soon idlis and dosas will be on their way out from the railway cuisine. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC ) is planning to introduce a new system to create uniformity in its catering service across the country.
As per the plan only [...]
Posted on April 25th, 2007 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Governance, India | 9 Comments »
