Friday, April 28, 2006

The cherry stain

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Miniatures lie in my cupboard Like pawns on invisible, black and white squares; staring at me When I look at them they evade my eyes One of ...
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Wednesday, April 26, 2006

The Missing Man

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A week after his disappearance, Srikant’s family received an envelope. His father Bhagirath, responding to a knock on the door, collected it...
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Sunday, April 23, 2006

This Morning

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Tuesday, April 18, 2006

The Continuum so far

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The Entire Continuum so far (Sketch by Heather Quinn )
Saturday, April 15, 2006

Then and Now

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Tomorrow, this girl will become mother of two children. The boy with an elephant drawn on his shorts always rolls his sleeves now, at least ...
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Of Horses and Illustrations

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I have been reading a number of Graphic novels these days. Sharad had got Art Spiegelman's Maus from Manchester. H sent the complete vol...
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Saturday, March 25, 2006

A Journey from Kashmir to London

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A dog-eared copy of Crime and Punishment changed his life. My friend Basharat Peer from Tehelka told me the story of Iqbal Ahmed, who left K...
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Only one Dream

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This is a box item from Page number 113 of Fimlmfare, May 2005 issue. I was flipping through this magazine to pass time as my Hair Dresser P...
Thursday, March 23, 2006

You have come, what for?

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Life comes a full circle I wait for it To come to me After taking A merry-go-round I have a gift for Life A watermelon Packed in a condom I ...
Wednesday, March 22, 2006

The Design of Madness

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He was mad. His madness did not require him to wear torn clothes and let saliva drip from the corners of his mouth. Or to mumble to himself....
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Monday, February 20, 2006

The Life of Pandey Ji

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The Bus Stop is no longer there. And neither is the huge billboard behind it. The flyover has devoured them. Delhi is experiencing modernisa...
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Sunday, February 12, 2006

The Sampaati Club

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Membership Open Now...
Sunday, February 05, 2006

Campaign In Rajasthan

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I have just returned back from Rajasthan, where we ran a campaign for Girl Child rights in Barmer district. The campaign also included a Bik...
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Thursday, January 19, 2006

The Elbow Cream

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Today, I write about you Words come from my gall bladder All drenched in bile, And wine made from cider I remember those summer afternoons W...
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Monday, January 16, 2006

Mind wanders in Meerut

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He wore a silk scarf. One last time, he thought. He also held a silken handkerchief in his hand. Ram Bahadur put his sleeping bag and his su...
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Saturday, January 14, 2006

Postman, Bouncing High

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A paralysis has gripped me. There is internal bleeding as well. Of words, which don’t come out. I imagine myself, on a bed in a hospital, wr...
Wednesday, January 04, 2006

That Night of 1990

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Friday, December 30, 2005

This Characterless String

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Bazaar mein, baune khambe ke upar Teen baar mudi hui eik charitraheen rassi Koi khambe ko chhue to fanfukaarti hai, Naagin si bal khaati hui...
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Of Human Bondage

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It was not true that he would never see her again. It was not true simply because it was impossible. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage Writ...
Wednesday, December 28, 2005

A Poem in Hindi

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A co-traveller on the Intentblog, Tanzan Senzaki has translated my Hindi poem in free English verse: (You can find the original - in Roman -...
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