I was going to pay money to feel terrified for 11 seconds but I knew, from the moment I booked my tickets to New Zealand, that I was going to do it.
Lots of people, my grandmother included, fast on a regular basis; one day would be simple. Or so I thought...
Mourn not yet the death of bookshops and literature—a Norwegian writer, now living in Sweden, is a surprising, relieving phenomenon that is sweeping the world.
Does 'authenticity' lie in the object of an experience or in the subject having the experience? Who is qualified to give an 'authentic' description of a place?
Maybe Bandra changed or maybe I changed or, more likely, we both changed and are now being forced to reconfigure our relationship.
There were two things that really stood out for me. The first, all over Punjab, was the lack of women in public. The second was the music. Music is everywhere. Punjab definitely moves to a beat.
One that is somehow not accessible to someone who happens to visit only places such as Jaipur, Agra, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Goa, Kerala...?
Last week when Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize, it was more than just a writer I admire winning the prize.
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