Background The other day I was experimenting with Kris Kristofferson’s Nobody Wins and I was struck by this one line in the song. It seemed to just stand apart and emit this glow that could not be ignored. As usual, my mind, or whatever is inside my cranial cavity, wandered…Continue reading→
Punjabi Achari Chinese Eggplant
The Short History of Nothing Hello and welcome back! We’re talking about a recipe And a very spicy one it be Don’t know much about cookery I do know about what I cook And you’re left wondering what a wonderful world it would be if I didn’t attempt poetry (My…Continue reading→
Eep
EEP – The Pome This pome is going to be very deep When the border collie herds sheep Its actions are controlled by the beep From the shepherd who does keep The border collie and the sheep When they come, rhymes come in a heap Recall, as you sow, so…Continue reading→
Aloo Gobi
Aloo Gobi This, translated literally, is potato cauliflower, where aloo = potato and Gobi is cauliflower. Now, be careful, because there is gobi and then there is gobi. And, as you know, there is the Gobi, which is a desert. (Not dessert!) This is Fool Gobi, where the Fool is…Continue reading→
The Umbrella
The Umbrella – What is it? We’d all like to think that this is a complex, or at the very least, a complicated question. Why? Well, the world as we know it today is so complex, with so many different versions of meanings for every word, every symbol, every sandwich,…Continue reading→
ISBF2022-Indrani Ganguli
Featured Guest – Indrani Ganguli Indrani Ganguli is an interpreter of languages. She’s as adept at staring down recalcitrant witnesses in court while taking down their depositions as she is compassionate with those who clearly are devastated at being there at all. Her stories are rich in classical allusions even…Continue reading→
ISBF2022-Uma Majumdar
Featured Guest – Uma Majumdar I have just lived my life watching people and enjoying their capers. I’ve read a few pages which have given me intense happiness and made me think and rethink. Looking forward to more such days – when I shall lay back watching the worthy do…
ISBF2022-Aindrila Roy
Featured Guest – Aindrila Roy The writing bug bit Aindrila at the tender age of eleven and she has been scratching that itch ever since. She likes to mix fantasy and horror and create a blend of dark fantasy with complicated, twisted characters. She is also a fairly adept romance…Continue reading→
ISBF2022-Debaleena Mukherjee
Featured Guest – Debaleena Mukherjee Debaleena is a homemaker who also reads and writes. Reading isn’t about “making time to read”. She reads wherever, whatever, whenever. Writing is her articulation of all the incoherence in her head. She lives in Bangalore. She needs books, coffee and cake, a reading-light and…Continue reading→