Preamble: I took this up as a project for NaNoWriMo. Our writing community had a great setup for this. Carve out morning time to write-write-write. I had it all worked out. Of course, life happened. I could not complete heck even begin writing this. So I extended it saying ‘lets-try-to-finish-it-this-year-Y’ trying to meet the Dec 2022 timeline. Becoming a non-believer in traditional start/end of the year at a specific date so if I can’t publish it this year, no biggie!…
Axone and the politics of food
I watched Axone (pronounced – akhonee) on Netflix 10 days ago. It’s a quiet, satirical portrayal of feeling like an outsider – in this case in your own country – because of one’s food preferences. The story revolves around a bunch of North-east Indian friends living in the capital and trying to cook a traditional pork dish cooked using the ‘smelly’ akhonee to celebrate their roommate’s nuptials. It’s a story of friendship, heartbreak, and belonging tied together by food. The…
travel musings
* From happy, reflective cab drivers from Afghanistan/Kenya/Punjab to majnoo (reckless and fearless), flirt drivers in Mumbai, travel feels incomplete without their personal stories.* Feels like home when you return back to a rain-less day when you can get most of your laundry sorted out and taken care of. Yes, after reaching home really early, I spent an hour emptying my bags and taking care of various batches of laundry to be done. You can see I cannot wait to…
Weekend in pictures!
This was my weekend! Discovered pic collage on the ipad. Hence the edgy experiment. How was yours ?