When a television serial right in the middle of an innocuous narrative about a controlling mother and an independent daughter-in-law weaves in a little banter about demonitisation with one of the characters hailing it, when a plug inserted between ads on FM radio says, “Desh ko line pe laana hai toh line mein lagiye” and […]
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Black Days…
My baby She woke up crying For the fifth time, tonight I gathered her in my lap and put the bottle into her mouth At 18 months, she does not understand black money, demonetization or national interest. *** Meanwhile, three men died in the queue, waiting for their daily share Of 2000 rupees, which would pay […]
Delhi Beat: Layers and Textures
‘A textured experience’ is how a friend, returning to Delhi after nearly two decades spent in various parts of the world, describes the city. Although it has been bestowed with numerous epithets, both complimentary and opprobrious—a melting pot of cultures, a medley of the old and new, a confluence of influences, a city with many […]