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I go for a walk. But I remember to return soon, or else all the wonderful thoughts and ideas run out by the time I am back home.
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The Last Courtesan : Writing My Mother's Memoir
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Lean Days
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Nautch Boy: A Memoir of My Life in the Kothas
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It just so happens
That at bedtime
I am fortunate to see
Mangled human bodies
Some held altogether
Like rationed salt in a plastic bag
Others collected
In memory’s coin slots
I hastily skip them all
On my timeline
I am fortunate to be
Disoriented for a split second
Switching before I blink
To reels of cute canine
And feline friends
Chomping Wagyu beef
And lapping Dog Pérignon
My algo colludes with Palestine
But I aRead more of this blog post »
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“At this juncture you must be wondering why this chapter reads like a clipped diary entry or even a concise narration of an unremarkable event. You should know that the harsh terrain rewards a short account where dialogue is kept to the minimum because words can hang mid-air.”
― Lean Days
― Lean Days
“A library without the distraction of a few handsome men and women is a library to avoid. If there is no respite from reading, to vacuously rest one’s tired eyes on them – what else is a library for, then?”
― Lean Days
― Lean Days
“A writer may never write if he cannot finish reading. A day of unusual curiousness, as I watch a woman labour over her notebook at a coffee shop across the sea. Because I am not writing, I am not to be taken aback if I accidentally discover that what she is writing is what I have been struggling to say. It is precisely through this kind of shuffle that we have had our stories told.”
― Lean Days
― Lean Days
“A library without the distraction of a few handsome men and women is a library to avoid. If there is no respite from reading, to vacuously rest one’s tired eyes on them — what else is a library for, then? I visit libraries for distractions, way past the history section, and into the poetry corner, where the gentle souls gather.”
― Lean Days
― Lean Days
