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Notes from the Uninitiated

The Diet

This morning, I woke up and made my bed. I tucked all the sides in, folded the blanket real neat. The bedspread was checkered, orange and…

Jan 29, 2021

The Diet

Jan 29, 2021

Why Everyone Should Read Bernadine Evaristo’s ‘Girl, Woman, Other’: A Tribute to #pridemonth

Prologue:

Jun 22, 2020

Why Everyone Should Read Bernadine Evaristo’s ‘Girl, Woman, Other’: A Tribute to #pridemonth

Jun 22, 2020

‘Long Distance Relationships’ ft. Home

Dear you,

Feb 13, 2020

‘Long Distance Relationships’ ft. Home

Feb 13, 2020

#FilmFirsts ‘Cchapaak’: The Sound of Dulcet Film-Making

After a khari or two with meethi diabetic chai at the New Niloufer, I headed off to catch Meghna Gulzar’s latest.. ‘Cchapaak’. (Did you…

Jan 11, 2020

#FilmFirsts ‘Cchapaak’: The Sound of Dulcet Film-Making

Jan 11, 2020

#BookBriefs P. G. Tenzing’s ‘Don’t Ask Any Old Bloke For Directions’

Look. If you believe in destiny and love-at-first-sight and what-not, let you be made aware first and foremost that my reaching for ‘Don’t…

Sep 10, 2019

#BookBriefs P. G. Tenzing’s ‘Don’t Ask Any Old Bloke For Directions’

Sep 10, 2019

#FilmFirsts ‘Article 15’ v. ‘Badla’: Why People Need To Start Paying Attention to Bollywood

This weekend has been a complete low-lie if not for the manic movie marathon I planned for myself. First stop, I looked at Anubhav Sinha’s…

Sep 1, 2019

#FilmFirsts ‘Article 15’ v. ‘Badla’: Why People Need To Start Paying Attention to Bollywood

Sep 1, 2019

The Yoga Factor: Waking Up, Inso-Mania and Anal-Clenching

I’ve recently started to allow people to tousle me out of bed before 06:00 AM again, or resort to the old…

Aug 28, 2019

The Yoga Factor: Waking Up, Inso-Mania and Anal-Clenching

Aug 28, 2019

“Gender and Religion and Gender and Religion.”

You ever got a red tika put on your forehead, that you.. with a scrunched up expression and this disgusted look.. you took on and bore…

Aug 11, 2019

Aug 11, 2019

#VintageFilmFirsts ‘Mumbai Meri Jaan’

I make it no secret that I ache for Mumbai, like a child who’s lost his mother in a mela. ‘cept I live with my mother, so the joke’s…

Aug 2, 2019

#VintageFilmFirsts ‘Mumbai Meri Jaan’

Aug 2, 2019

‘Where were you’?: A House-maiden’s Tale

I snuck in, sauntered, at 11:06. The curtains were drawn. The lights were dim. I could make out the silhouettes of my father and his…

Aug 1, 2019

Aug 1, 2019

Notes from the Uninitiated

Notes from the Uninitiated

Belonging to the religion of the 'Book'. I write here about love for reading, the power of the written word, and literature being a religion in itself.

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