Tag: Jamshedpur
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So we beat on…
Rows and rows of bookshelves. Simple, dark wood. Unpolished. Yellowed spines in each. Tropical dust motes bouncing around in the sunlight. Flecks from pages, the earth, skin and hair all intermingling. Hushed little corners. Dark but not damp. American books. English books. Satire. sf. Westerns. Thrillers. Best Sellers. Reference books. Each with a little paper…
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Wherever I lay my head
My first memories of Bombay were when we arrived at Victoria Terminus from Jamshedpur via the Bombay Mail. The journey had taken almost 2 days, but in those days travelling by sleeper class was one of the most fun things we could do. It signified the start of a holiday. Something new, something different from…
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Childhood Addiction
It was a daily ritual. I would walk over to Karan’s house and sneak in through the back door so as not to disturb his parent’s afternoon siesta. And we would tiptoe into the carpeted ‘computer room’. One of us would switch on the UAE imported a/c and wait for the hum to settle. Then…
Between 2 Sips 