Island Cruising
Mumbai people often forget that in addition to the financial capital and Bollywood, we also live on a tropical island.
Mumbai
Social Ladder: Mumbai Class System
What about the Mumbai class divide?
Cityzen – A Mumbai Retrospective
My divided love affair between the cities of Bangalore and Mumbai
Fullstop Face
People are stories, works in progress Politics of affection and sexual congress But a face is a fullstop, brackets even I picture your face when I’m grieving The ‘I don’t care’ writ large and wide Autographing what’s breaking me inside Happy face, loveface all forgotten Fullstop points to all that…
City Of One
I left work late but determined to use the remaining hours. The back of the cab was silent. I got to my to-call list, hitting deadends. I paused for those rare seconds in a Mumbai day when one thinks of absolutely nothing. Then I realised I was flying. Riding flyovers…
Tinsel Life
I feel like a character in someone else’s coming of age story. The kind about a young man discovering life, love and that, contrary to what his mama said, the universe does not revolve around him. I’m Sunday morning breakfast in a social calendar filled with boozy Saturday nights &…
Apocalypse Epiphany
If you are reading this, you are very likely to survive everything that’s going on. My privilege is an epiphany that’s helping me cope.
Life Finding A Way
There is a rage in cities that disturbs me. But there is room in a garden for the delicate blooms, sturdy shrubs, pungent herbs & resilient weeds.
Chasing Sunrises
I went looking for sunrises years ago. What I found instead was so much beauty and joy in the mayhem.
Island
I am struggling to reconcile my identity as an island girl with my citizenship in a fast-paced, cut-throat metropolis.