Chiffonesque

This here was pepper prawns. (I ate meat in Thailand.)My assorted meats fried rice here. The white balls are octopus and the dish next to that are prawns. I love sea food, in case one didn't notice...

In keeping with my all too foul mood, I shall now recount tales and thoughts that will make people wince. Wince rhymes with mince. And I don’t eat meat anymore. Sigh.When J was in Mumbai, we went t...

I am feeling very weird now. Everything just feels topsy-turvy. Nothing’s making sense anymore, and I don’t think things will ever settle into neat little rows and columns in my head. They are more...

This post is about an unexpectedly delicious combination I came across today. But first about my tooth - not because it's related, but because it makes me look like a martyr and I love that role. A...

Last weekend I had driven to Murud Janjeera with my roomies and another friend. No biggie, except that I drove all the way there and…get this…all the way back. Alone. By myself. Solely.Again, no bi...

I love this verse from a song in 'Metro'. I imagine it being sung by this jaded poet who goes to live in a shack by the sea. In the morning, he sees the sky and gulls on the sand and thinks that th...

I love making New Year plans! J and I are planning to go to the hills for New Year and maybe trek to Triund as well. I have wanted to go to Triund for a while now, and hopefully this year it will h...

Every morning, I drive to work around 9:15 a.m. Every morning, I pledge to keep my cool and not honk or curse at autorickshaws flouting lane discipline. Every morning, I break my promise and vocife...

Open windows, marble stairsSunshine, rain, and wicker chairsMoonlight dancing on silver spoonsOrange, yellow, and lavender roomsLush green plants outside the gateshoneysuckle painted on china plate...

This was a headline in some newspaper: Mumbai writer wins the BookerWhatever happened to ‘Indian’?