Monthly Archives: January 2008

LOL!

Posted on January 30, 2008 by

This post made me laugh for a full five minutes. Go read. Pay special attention to the visual aids. Advertisements

Posted in Culture, Funny | 2 Comments

The Evil Gora, smuggling and the 80s

Posted on January 28, 2008 by

If you’ve seen enough films through the 80s – you need no visual introduction to this man. Big, muscled and bald, this guy was our Evil Gora archetype. This guy slid into various roles with incredible ease. Evil Smuggler who … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Film and Art | 17 Comments

Fiction Fragment: Her Hair

Posted on January 19, 2008 by

She didn’t have a hairy head when she was born. Her parents were suitably scared. But after her first and only tonsure, her hair grew out dark and thick. Like all good mothers, hers obsessed about her hair. Her pride … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs, Poetry and Fiction | 13 Comments

On parakeets in London

Posted on January 19, 2008 by

Who would have thought you’d find the startling green of parakeets in London? I thought I saw some near Hyde Park but blamed it on the July sun. Or homesickness. But wandering through the Kyoto Gardens at Holland Park with … Continue reading →

Posted in London, Photographs | 11 Comments

A mid-morning memory

Posted on January 12, 2008 by

Saturday mid-morning, a sudden rush of energy. The house feels like it’s been drowned in dust. Despite how I romanticized the far-away firang lands as being relatively dust-free, two days without dusting results in a gossamer layer of dust. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Family and Friends, Photographs, Self | 19 Comments

Poem: An Ordinary Affair

Posted on January 8, 2008 by

Such was his pain. To be cheated by a woman so ordinary. He wished he could call her an adulteress. No flames were licking lamps, and they drank fruit juice. Two glasses. He wishes the woman had chosen an affair … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs, Poetry and Fiction | Tagged , | 10 Comments

First film of the year – Gauri the Ghory

Posted on January 2, 2008 by

It says something when one of the first films you watch in 2008 is so bad that it makes you want to smash things around. To be fair, we knew how bad it was going to be. But nothing quite … Continue reading →

Posted in Music, Film and Art