Entries for February 2008
mumbai- a conversation
I walk into a store selling old stuff, statuues of many-armed Hindu gods and cracked fading Buddhas. Where did you get all this stuff, I ask the owner. Don’t ask, he says. Seriously though, how old is this stuff. He looks at me, nods me inside the store. See this …
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maximum city part 1
An invitation to appear at the Kitab book festival has given me the opportunity to visit Mumbai for the first time. Some years ago I spent New Year in Goa and until now that was my only taste of India. I arrived yesterday lunchtime after a flight which left London …
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