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Delhi to Bombay

posted on , by Vani Viswanathan

I started out on the walk with an irrational longing to be in Mumbai. Perhaps it had to do with the dull lighting in the Delhi street, reminding me of the long stretch outside my home and hostel in Mumbai. Or the sudden remembrance of the craziness that the city is during 'Ganpati'. Or the song, "Kya kare kya na kare", and Aamir Khan's Mumbaiyya Hindi in Rangeela, the first time I remember registering the way Mumbaikars speak Hindi. Going down the nostalgia spiral that began with Rangeela, distinct ...

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Hope comes with a shiny machine

posted on , by Vani Viswanathan

Can a new, swanky machine make you think more, want to write more, say more?  I succumb to the charms of the new MacBook Pro and say yes, quite likely.  Which is why I’m sitting with the Mac a few minutes after getting up, with my tea growing cold and my stomach growling in hunger.  I’m making this Mac the panacea for whatever I feel could be better in my life, especially my insane writer’s block and lack of confidence in whatever I write.  And so, I wonder, can ...

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