Monthly Archives: December 2007

Poem: On the sadness of others

Posted on December 29, 2007 by

You see her, quiet as a cat. Curled into herself. Eyes soft like feline paws. Closed, clawless and keeping the breast from shivering. Nothing emanates. Not even sadness. It is then, that you realize, with wonder, that certain people learn … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs, Poetry and Fiction

Poem: Vegetarian Wanderlust

Posted on December 27, 2007 by

She’s always wanted to travel. Flipping through inherited copies of National Geographic, this island there and that mountain here. By the shores of an unpronounceable country. Or gaping at some supposed temple built 2000 bloody years ago. At nine though, … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs, Poetry and Fiction

Taare Zameen Par

Posted on December 25, 2007 by

I didn’t what to expect of Taare Zameen Par. But I can tell you this, I hardly ever cry when I am watching films. I am too much of a cynic really. But I found myself sobbing a few times. … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Film and Art

3 days in Malta

Posted on December 24, 2007 by

Three days in beautiful Malta. In a lovely hotel, with a huge balcony overlooking the sea (and a casino). On the first day I said something dutifully flippant like how we were mostly lucky with our vacations. As I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs, Travel

Fiction Fragment: In his letter, was a Ghazal

Posted on December 17, 2007 by

His love letters survived longer than their relationship. He never quite mastered the art of sleeping during lectures, and hence subjected their tender love to mundane analogies, breathlessly articulated in his letters. He once used the word soliloquy. She had … Continue reading →

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Poem: On anklets and sweets

Posted on December 14, 2007 by

This is familiar. The clanging of small bells, except that I remember it on tiny feet. You and me, itching in our silk, hungry and waiting. For the damn wedding to be finally over. So we could eat. Patting my … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs, Poetry and Fiction

Fiction Fragment: All about Broccoli

Posted on December 10, 2007 by

What is one to do when vegetables lose their character. She was prepared for the bigness of everything before moving to the US. She’d seen enough documentaries on everything being supersized and on strange gun laws. But for vegetables to … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs, Poetry and Fiction