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Jul 21, 2024

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mumbai
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Mumbai — 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
Jul 13
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Mumbai — Monsoon Diary —2024 (8)day at the office.
6d ago
6d ago
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Mumbai — 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
Jun 14
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mumbai — 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
Jun 11
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three 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
Feb 22
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the day afterremember
the flowers you laid
at my feet
the promises you made
and put up with those lights
twinkling on my street
Feb 20
Feb 20
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kala 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
Mar 3
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streets 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
Mar 5
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mumbai — 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, 2023
Oct 2, 2023
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rainy 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, 2023
Jul 27, 2023
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mumbai bluesraindrops streaking
down my window
myriad patterns formed
grey the order
of the day
Jul 27, 2023
Jul 27, 2023
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Billboard 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, 2019
Sep 7, 2019
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A 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, 2020
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Jul 18, 2020
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neighbourstwo neighbours
separated by a street
Aug 30, 2021
3
Aug 30, 2021
3
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MumbaiRecent 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, 2022
Jan 27, 2022
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Mumbai 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, 2022
Jun 11, 2022
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breakfast 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, 2022
Aug 21, 2022
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Ganapati 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, 2022
1
Sep 1, 2022
1
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Gandhi 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, 2022
Oct 2, 2022
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morning 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, 2022
Nov 27, 2022

mumbai

Mumbai — 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…

Mumbai — Monsoon Diary —2024 (8)

day at the office.

Mumbai — Monsoon Diary 2024–4

It was Sandeep’s dad, (late) Mr. Mathur who initiated me into the super world of Chitra and Jagjit Singh. He had this lovely huge…

mumbai — monsoon diary 2024

Amidst a slight drizzle, I saw her rush across the crowded street, unmindful of the swirl of vehicles, completely focused on her objective…

three empty pedestals

a bullet pierces the still of the night flares light up the darkened sky the street littered with tear gas shells spent having done their…

the day after

remember the flowers you laid at my feet the promises you made and put up with those lights twinkling on my street

kala ghoda

many 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…

streets paved with gold

streets littered with a verse unfinished a song unsung a note out of place a homeless joke countless cigarrette butts most drawn right to…

mumbai — once a city

Some videos surfaced recently of commuters forcing themselves into trains as they have always done; this one video where someone was…

rainy morning

sun 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…

mumbai blues

raindrops streaking down my window myriad patterns formed grey the order of the day

Billboard on JVLR

they look down from the billboard, shining metro in tow, promising a better future, asking us to sacrifice, our already pothole ridden…

A Ganapati story @ 22 Rajmahal

The 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…

neighbours

two neighbours separated by a street

Mumbai

Recent discussions on Twitter Space regarding the spirit of Mumbai prompt me to note my own thoughts on the subject, not necessarily in any…

Mumbai Rains

for some long walks shared umbrella roasted bhutta chai with sutta crashing waves at worli sea face photos of the sea link engulfed by…

breakfast at SOBO

hit 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…

Ganapati diary — 2022

Ganesh Chaturthi always brings about memories of people — like this cook who would sing one song after the final Aarti on day 2. The song…

Gandhi Jayanti — 2022

I remember watching the movie “Gandhi” at Oscar cinema in Andheri West. It was part of the very famous Amber-Oscar-Minor trinity — now…

morning walk — Ba maushi

There is something magical about experiencing your city come alive. And no better way to experience it than walking. Walked to my maushi’s…

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