I had a guest column appear in Times of India’s IDiva supplement today. The brief I was given was “life as a PYT (pretty young thing) in Chennai”. What fun!
Whatever anyone might say about me and my having grown up abroad, take this: I lived in Sowcarpet for eight months in my late teens. How’s [...]
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November 27, 2009
Guest Column: IDiva’s “Break Free” issue
November 14, 2009
The Venus Flytrap: New To The Neighbourhood
Congratulations on your successful relocation. I know you’re feeling a little lonely out here, but the easiest way to settle in is to throw a party. I understand your new neighbourhood is a diverse one, so I’m here to help you ensure that everybody is comfortable and catered for. Start by picking the right time [...]
November 13, 2009
Interview in Sify’s Stree
An interview I gave to Sify much earlier this year has finally been published in Stree, their women’s section. I quite enjoyed these questions, and find that my answers would be much the same even today. And I thought it was funny how the title has one word, the url another, but at least the [...]
November 13, 2009
Storm In a T-Cup & The Language Of Experience
I should have posted this up sooner, but here it is. My first post for Ultraviolet in quite awhile, on thoughts about language and expression after the controversy about Penelope Trunk tweeting about her miscarriage. Read it here.
October 17, 2009
The Venus Flytrap: Deactivation Drama
I feel inordinately smug when I tell people that I’ve deactivated my Facebook account. The expressions of shock that greet this statement are a testament to the social networking website’s sheer hold over contemporary living. Foraying into Internet hermitude is not just impressive, it’s downright inspiring, it seems: every time I’ve mentioned it I’ve been [...]
October 1, 2009
Reading This Saturday
Asma and Manasi have been holding poetry meets at a private residence in Chennai for a few months now, and I’m happy to tell you that I’ll be coming out of my cave for the first time in six months for a reading this Saturday, October 3rd. I’ll be reading from new work, as well [...]
September 12, 2009
The City As Canvas
I have a long essay on the aesthetics of the city of Chennai in the current issue of Caravan magazine. Caravan is a journal of politics and culture and is available nationwide at good bookshops, and can also be read digitally here.
August 22, 2009
The Venus Flytrap: Dancing With Eyes Closed
Every day I read my cards. Every day, I draw them, decipher them, and am drawn back to them. And every day, I look up my horoscopes. For my sun sign, my rising sign, and the signs of those I care for. I read a whole bouquet – and I’m not the sort to pick [...]
August 3, 2009
Some Paintings, a Q+A, an Elephant
My childhood friend and incredibly gifted artist Michael Mata did these amazing digital paintings of me for my birthday.
And Abhimanyu Kumar Singh, who is my favourite interviewer and the kind of reader a writer lives for, did this lighthearted Q+A over lunch last week. We also played Cadaver Exquisito, which he’s reprinted in his blog [...]
July 15, 2009
Stalk Me Not
Well, Not More Than I Might Want You To (she typed, passive aggressively).
On my 100th tweet, I realised that I hadn’t mentioned it on my blog. Here.