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Letters To Delhi From A Mumbai Girl
Delhi & Mumbai, two definitions of what it means to me. A nostalgic, dramatic legacy? Or a rags-to-riches renegade?
Delhi
BOOK: Home – Manju Kapur | Coming Back To Me
A lovely return to my late 20s where books absorbed me with a rigour I did not experience in my social or professional life.
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. Tell me what you think. ~O~O~O~O~O~ C is for City It was hot even at that hour. Summer was here. Rhea stared…
Vegetable Shopping
Once, during my winter vacations, my grandmother sent me downstairs to buy some vegetables. I knew nothing about veggies of course but her reassuring face hovered above from the balcony as she said she would point out the fresh ones from the rest. So I skipped down the stairs to…
Recessive Gene
I was born in Delhi where my mum grew up.Every certificate of education I possess, bears the stamp of Mumbai University.I speak a weird concoction of pure English corrupted by MS Word and slathered with that strange tongue called Bambaiyya.I also understand most versions of the tongues spoken from Punjab…
A Song Of colour
Main aur mera camera
Aksar yeh baatein karte hain…
Mere dono sheher are tributes to colour