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So two young girls on the train back to London chat with everyone. And somewhere this gentleman comes along and sits.
The girl insists that his hair isn’t really like that and commands him to take his hat off. He refuses.
They place a bet for ten pounds and he tells her to give me the money [...]
Posted on March 11th, 2009 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: London, Photographs | 6 Comments »
Snow! And so much of it! Needless to say the tubes are off, the buses are not working. And I am working at home drinking endless cups of chai. London is a cake. And I can eat it!
Posted on February 2nd, 2009 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: London, Photographs, Self | 10 Comments »
The mind and heart has been rather full and heavy of late. So I did what heals best. Set off for a walk with rr and the camera. We went along what is known as the Parkland Walk. What once was a railroad is now a muddy green walk. It was biting cold today. About [...]
Posted on December 3rd, 2008 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: London, Music, Film and Art, Photographs | 4 Comments »
I saw Joan Baez perform live last night at the Royal Albert Hall! I did, I did!!!
Thanks (a million thanks actually) to Shefaly who suddenly told me on Wednesday that she had an extra ticket for the concert on Thursday. I was jumping up and down even as I heard about it. This is Joan [...]
Posted on October 3rd, 2008 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: London, Music, Film and Art | 18 Comments »
“Excuse me, do you speak English? “, a random South Asian stranger asked me. I couldn’t tell if he was Indian or Pakistani, but he definitely was a Muslim.
Now, whenever I hear those words, my metal GPS springs into action. There’s nothing more embarrassing than not being able to tell someone the general direction of [...]
Posted on August 7th, 2008 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: London, Self | 21 Comments »
The summer in this city is so fleeting that you don’t even invest in a summer wardrobe. Much as I whined my way through summers in Delhi and other cities, drowning in my own sweat and giddy-headed with dehydration, I miss it all. It’s not that I mind the mildness of the summer here, but [...]
Posted on July 25th, 2008 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: London, Photographs | 10 Comments »
Spotted on the Bakerloo Line today. A woman reading. With intense concentration. I have no idea what she was reading. On the comments on flickr, a couple of people are guessing it’s a dictionary, but given that she was reading it for over fifteen minutes, I have my doubts. Though I’ve known people who’ll happy [...]
Posted on July 18th, 2008 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: London, Photographs | 32 Comments »
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