Stargazing at Marina Beach

The crowds disperse.The sea roars,twilight fades,the boats on the horizon impersonate stars.One of them wears a shade too red and blinks too fastas if it wants to be Sirius.More constellations shine behind you,little bulbs of white lightgleaming from carts selling corn and fried fish and tea and sandwichesand behind them rests another galaxyof equidistant lightshemming …

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For Mumbai. The railway coaches stand like zombies, like they have been assigned a job they never signed up for. They look desolate without the crowds. The sea-link looks like a lonely strip, the flyovers show off their curves, but who’s there to watch? The maidans lie bald, speckled with spots of brown and green. …

Highway Hunt

Swerve left Swerve right. Swerve left swerve right. Imagine our roads as circuits in a video game, and the shortest path to your destination is never a straight line, nor a curve. It's a series of segments, each taking off where the last one stopped, taking off without a firm handshake, like it had to …

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क्या होता अगर इस शहर में दीवारें होती? क्या होता अगर इस जज़ीरे ने सालों पहले अपनी मुट्ठी बंद कर ली होती?   अगर कोई आ जा न पाता, बारिश की उन बूँदों के सिवा जो इसकी उंगलियों के बीच नाचती, इसका मज़ाक उड़ाती और फिर इसकी ज़मीन खुरेदकर थोड़ी सी मिट्टी चुराके डुबो देती …