Maruti NaikMumbai — Monsoon Diary — 2024 (7)stepped out into an unusually quiet morning with the slightest of drizzles. Possibly folks were still sleeping off the celebrations of the…Jul 13, 2024A response icon1Jul 13, 2024A response icon1
Maruti NaikMumbai — Monsoon Diary 2024–4It was Sandeep’s dad, (late) Mr. Mathur who initiated me into the super world of Chitra and Jagjit Singh. He had this lovely huge…Jun 14, 2024Jun 14, 2024
Maruti Naikmumbai — monsoon diary 2024Amidst a slight drizzle, I saw her rush across the crowded street, unmindful of the swirl of vehicles, completely focused on her objective…Jun 11, 2024Jun 11, 2024
Maruti Naikthree empty pedestalsa bullet pierces the still of the night flares light up the darkened sky the street littered with tear gas shells spent having done their…Feb 22, 2024Feb 22, 2024
Maruti Naikthe day afterremember the flowers you laid at my feet the promises you made and put up with those lights twinkling on my streetFeb 20, 2024Feb 20, 2024
Maruti Naikkala ghodamany years ago they would amble into the cafe with its arms always open one by one they would troop in masters of prose of rhyme of…Mar 3, 2024Mar 3, 2024
Maruti Naikstreets paved with goldstreets littered with a verse unfinished a song unsung a note out of place a homeless joke countless cigarrette butts most drawn right to…Mar 5, 2024Mar 5, 2024
Maruti Naikmumbai — once a citySome videos surfaced recently of commuters forcing themselves into trains as they have always done; this one video where someone was…Oct 2, 2023Oct 2, 2023
InAn Idea (by Ingenious Piece)byMaruti Naikrainy morningsun rays bounce off her watch or mine unclasped in a hurry now domiciled on a table by the bedside few bookmarks unfinished work an ash…Jul 27, 2023Jul 27, 2023
InAn Idea (by Ingenious Piece)byMaruti Naikmumbai bluesraindrops streaking down my window myriad patterns formed grey the order of the dayJul 27, 2023Jul 27, 2023
Maruti NaikBillboard on JVLRthey look down from the billboard, shining metro in tow, promising a better future, asking us to sacrifice, our already pothole ridden…Sep 7, 2019Sep 7, 2019
Maruti NaikA Ganapati story @ 22 RajmahalThe year was 1985. The day before Ganapati festival, i was at my aunt’s place. Settled down to a holiday from school. Ganapati meant going…Jul 18, 2020A response icon1Jul 18, 2020A response icon1
InAn Idea (by Ingenious Piece)byMaruti Naikneighbourstwo neighbours separated by a streetAug 30, 2021A response icon3Aug 30, 2021A response icon3
InAn Idea (by Ingenious Piece)byMaruti NaikMumbaiRecent discussions on Twitter Space regarding the spirit of Mumbai prompt me to note my own thoughts on the subject, not necessarily in any…Jan 27, 2022Jan 27, 2022
InAn Idea (by Ingenious Piece)byMaruti NaikMumbai Rainsfor some long walks shared umbrella roasted bhutta chai with sutta crashing waves at worli sea face photos of the sea link engulfed by…Jun 11, 2022Jun 11, 2022
InAn Idea (by Ingenious Piece)byMaruti Naikbreakfast at SOBOhit the freeway in a flash passed Chembur then at Wadala or Sewree or Parel hard to tell now the skyscrapers loomed like bouncers outside a…Aug 21, 2022Aug 21, 2022
Maruti NaikGanapati diary — 2022Ganesh Chaturthi always brings about memories of people — like this cook who would sing one song after the final Aarti on day 2. The song…Sep 1, 2022A response icon1Sep 1, 2022A response icon1
InAn Idea (by Ingenious Piece)byMaruti NaikGandhi Jayanti — 2022I remember watching the movie “Gandhi” at Oscar cinema in Andheri West. It was part of the very famous Amber-Oscar-Minor trinity — now…Oct 2, 2022Oct 2, 2022
Maruti Naikmorning walk — Ba maushiThere is something magical about experiencing your city come alive. And no better way to experience it than walking. Walked to my maushi’s…Nov 27, 2022Nov 27, 2022
