C is for City
I had an idea for a non-fiction piece when I realised today’s A2ZChallenge prompt ‘C’ would carry a story version well, if I said it stood for City.
City
Cityscapes, city sights, urban communities, metropolis life, city dweller identity, focussed on Mumbai with an occasional mention of Delhi, Bangalore and other cities I’ve been in.
City | Fiction | Poetry | Relationships
#Ideastory: Play-acting
Let us drift on an ocean of ideas and call it conversationLet’s share an AHA! moment and mistake it for compatibilityLet us feel the camaraderie of fellow voyagers and call it love I will if you will. Shall we call it a date?
City | Fiction | Pop Culture | Relationships
#Ideastory: Doll
Let me be the mole on your chin, he says,One you touch when you’re thinking, unthinking. I’m a plastic Barbie, she says,PERFECT. *If you like this you might want to check out my photostory collection or my Instagram stream.
Ideart: Mumbai Skyline On A Bottle
I painted the Mumbai skyline on an old pickle glass bottle.
#Ideastory: Your Secrets
Your secrets
Mumbai Haiku
I attended a workshop on Haiku writing and this is what I came up with about my city.
Evenings In Mhaari/ Saadi Mumbai
I miss the Mumbai of my childhood. I suppose I’ll have to stop calling it ‘amchi Mumbai’ and shift to ‘maari Mumbai’ or ‘saddi Mumbai’ instead.
I Focal: The Other Side of The Tracks
East and West of Mumbai train tracks
IFocal: Artist & Audience
Of this one, I have two renditions: I spotted this young man engrossed in his work of painting an Ganesh idol, in preparation for Ganesh Chaturti. The man on the scooter idled at the red signal watching him. And in this picture, I realized that the artist and his idol…
IFocal: The Have & the Have-Not
I think the title says it all. *If you like this photograph, you might want to check out my Instagram stream.