The Model Employee Of New India

Get a job if you can And never let it go. Is now easier than you think. Just remember,Anyone against you is anti-growthFeel free to fuck up as much as you wantLet others stay up at night fixing your messIf anyone questions your diligence Call them anti-growth. Add alcohol to all the water coolers.Say it…

Public Trans-port

I was sitting in the bus looking out of the window. She climbed in at the same stop she always did. Carrying her office backpack on one shoulder, the way she always did.She made her way to the front of the bus towards the seats reserved for women. A decent man was sitting in a…

Scenes From Goa’s Liberation By My Grandma

Every December, six days before Christmas, I get one recommended news story by Google about the preparations made to celebrate Goa Liberation Day. On 19th December 1961, Goa got freedom from the Portuguese rule in a military operation conducted by the Indian Government. For most of my life I wasn’t even aware of this day.…

And The Beaches Echoed With Bhojpuri

For best experience use headphones/earphones Everyday the internet brings new information to you that you didn’t know before. But let’s be honest, most new things you find on the internet don’t end up staying with you. If you do remember them, it’s mostly because they are so dark or terrifying, you wish you could forget…

A Fast Food Diet To Get Over Heartbreaks Quickly

This diet isn't for the weak hearted,But then neither are heartbreaksStart your day with a warm cup of hot chocolate and a muffin To counter the bitter feeling insideA messy burger with saucy wings will help you stay sedated To avoid the mid-day melancholy.A warm and oily samosa or vada pav will keep increase acidityAnd…

Shree 420: Or The Reason I Stopped Smoking Weed

It's 4/20, which is not a day I've ever celebrated. Yes, not even when I used to smoke weed. But this year it reminded me of the reason why I stopped smoking weed - its role in communal violence. My regular weed dealer owned a laundry in my area and dealt weed as his side…

a short list of small privileges

i. When i was a young kid my father gave me a black scapular to keep around my neck. It will keep you protected always, he said. At that age the black thread was so long that it almost reached my navel. As i grew older and with the wear and tear of everyday life…

Rot

70 bodies wash up on the shores of Ganga. Ambulances fall short to take Covid-19 victims to crematoriums. Cars and autos are transformed into makeshift ambulances. Hearses and ambulances wait for a day in queue to complete the last rites for the dead. I read this and my first thought goes to the thought of…

From Dixieland To Dhobi Talao: How Jazz Formed Two Cultural Identities

Alright, I'll be the first to admit that Jazz music is dead or atleast has been in a coma for decades. I'll even ignore the fact that it is returning in a different form as lo-fi hip-hop or jazz hop. However, almost 100 years ago Jazz music was the artistic expression of two very different…

Too Old To Like Tunnels

Miss Wendy should have been better liked than she was by her students. She never stuck to the syllabus and she always liked to teach history like an elaborate story. But two things that worked against her was that she needed extra lessons to complete her syllabus and she was the most flat-chested teacher in…