Review: The Lost Flamingoes of Bombay

Review: The Lost Flamingoes of Bombay

  In Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi’s The Lost Flamingoes of Bombay, the protagonist Karan is an outsider who wants to make Bombay his home. How he sees Bombay through his camera lens is what forms the primary plot of the story. The narrative weaves together different characters and incidents which influence  Karan’s life. As per the author’s note, the […]

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And Then The River..

And Then The River..

    In the beginning there was the jungle with dark trees grinding the earth with their vengeful roots and sudden fires that even when they were too spent to rage hissed vengefully from ashes. Then a path broke free of the tangled fear and pain and found itself and the light. ** Then there […]

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Almost A Thought..

Almost A Thought..

It is just this nebulous, breathy, wispy thought no, not even a thought for thought has contours and edges and a pulse.. this is not even that.. just smoke of Ghalib’s aah Maybe something even more undefined just the beginning of a thought too afraid to know itself or to take a deep breath and say,”I […]

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Maybe It Is..

Maybe It Is..

  Nothing speaks to me more than a pine tree and its misty breath and a sunflower and its fresh scrubbed face of hope and that moment in time when the evening is a pale rose with its petals around everything even the thought that it is not enough and the thought that maybe it […]

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Roopkund: A Walk In The Clouds

Roopkund: A Walk In The Clouds

They say that if you make the mistake of venturing into the Himalayas even once you are doomed. Because they keep calling you back. Neither pictures, nor words can capture the magnificence of those mesmerising bugyals and towering peaks whose beauty brought tears to my eyes. Hope some of you will read this travelogue and feel […]

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The Networked..

The Networked..

 *** They are everywhere. These new zombie-like creatures, BlackBerrys in hand, earphones in their ears, eyes on the screen and head in the clouds. We have now reached a stage where chalkboards and pens are being replaced with touchscreens and styluses; where iPads are replacing notebooks.  Popularity is no longer about how many people know […]

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Heaven On Earth…

Heaven On Earth…

  There are dozens of places on this planet which stake claim to the coveted appellation ‘Heaven on Earth’. We even have one in the midst of all the so called squalor in India – Kashmir.  But this is not a sonnet praising the beauty and serenity of Kashmir; it is a humble offering to […]

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