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17Feb
61 comments on “Merci, Mes Amis”

Merci, Mes Amis

Posted by umashankaron February 17, 2013January 4, 2018in Such is Life61 Comments

"Who enrolled me in the ranks of the human race?" –Joseph Brodsky Yesterday, I attended a blogging community meet in a trendy restaurant specialising in exotic Mediterranean delicacies. The sponsors were a popular notebook company and as usual, they did…

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06Jan
75 comments on “A Hole in My Pyjamas”

A Hole in My Pyjamas

Posted by umashankaron January 6, 2013August 18, 2013in Such is Life, Uncorked Angst75 Comments

It’s a cold night and there is a hole in my pyjamas. It is shameless of me to be cribbing in a city that has never seen the mercury slipping below ten while the good old Delhi is raring to…

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01Jan
48 comments on “2012 in review”

2012 in review

Posted by umashankaron January 1, 2013January 2, 2013in Such is Life48 Comments

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 34,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this…

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20Dec
64 comments on “The Indian Shepherd”

The Indian Shepherd

Posted by umashankaron December 20, 2012August 12, 2019in Such is Life64 Comments

In a deal that clicked a couple of years too late for me, Syed would sell the disused Nikon from his studio for a thousand rupees to me. He loaded it with a complimentary black and white roll too, making…

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15Dec
50 comments on “The Slippery Slope”

The Slippery Slope

Posted by umashankaron December 15, 2012August 18, 2013in Such is Life50 Comments

A marble drops on the slate of mind and clatters to silence.  It is the lone rattle in the void of ages. I freeze to attention and hold my breath to stop it rolling off the precipice. But it is…

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13Dec
22 comments on “In the Arc Light”

In the Arc Light

Posted by umashankaron December 13, 2012in Such is Life22 Comments

I don’t suggest that you read ‘Personal Concerns’ because Amit has published a tête-à-tête with me in his latest post at his riveting blog. You read Amit for what he pens. His writing is intense yet panoramic, needle-sharp yet cosmic,…

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30Nov
40 comments on “Déjà vu”

Déjà vu

Posted by umashankaron November 30, 2012May 29, 2013in Such is Life40 Comments

“A déjà vu is usually a glitch in the Matrix. It happens when they change something.” –Trinity in Matrix Yes, something changed in the Matrix here and it can’t quite be called a glitch. You are not a good writer…

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23Oct
83 comments on “An Owl Reflects”

An Owl Reflects

Posted by umashankaron October 23, 2012September 15, 2013in Photography, Such is Life83 Comments

I was born before I was born. All owls are. True to the species, my fate was chiseled on ancient rocks by comets hurled from alien space. No one could change it after that, not even God. Certainly not father.…

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04Aug
72 comments on “Marked”

Marked

Posted by umashankaron August 4, 2012January 30, 2017in Such is Life, Uncorked Angst72 Comments

"Drifting, what am I like? A gull between earth and sky." -Du Fu / Vikram Seth The more I think of Internet as a huge river where blogs float like boats, the more I am overtaken by the faithfulness of…

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26Jul
109 comments on “A Tented Image”

A Tented Image

Posted by umashankaron July 26, 2012August 18, 2013in Photography, Such is Life109 Comments

It was not many decades ago that I was shot but since I live to tell the tale, it is only fair to reveal  that the weapon of assault was a grumpy black box sporting a round lens on one…

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10Jul
87 comments on “The Last Salute”

The Last Salute

Posted by umashankaron July 10, 2012August 18, 2013in Such is Life87 Comments

I don’t want to write about death. Who does? The business is best left to newspapers, God and Pratibha Patil. That last for her amazing powers to grant life to those long dead.Yet, I must dwell for a brief while…

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24Jun
104 comments on “From Privet Drive to Diagon Alley”

From Privet Drive to Diagon Alley

Posted by umashankaron June 24, 2012August 18, 2013in Such is Life, Uncorked Angst104 Comments

In a shrewd move of one-upmanship in keeping with the indomitable Indian spirit, I have decided to write a flawsome post, realizing how folks have been writing awesome posts all over the Internet. What is so God-forsakenly flawsome about it,…

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The Vegetable Rice Chef

Three Tamarind Trees

The Bungalow by the Tracks

End of Dusk

The Monk in the Rain

Sam was Sad

Painter of Omens

A Wobbly-legged Boy

The Ghosts of Jamun Trees

Another Day like This

Going Blind

The Evening That Killed

The Giggling Gladiator

Ghazals in English

Lend Me the Assassin

Molten Moons

Afterwards

Wet Charcoal

The Icicled Bosom

Years in the Ash

A Leaf by the Nightfall

Pebbles You May Like

‘Oumuamua

Thus Spake My Father

Hangmen of April

Goodbye, Cynthia Jobin

Haruki Murakami’s Well

The Same Night

The Nightfall of Blogging

The Crusted Slice

Silence of the Scrolls

Unnameable Things

Reading The Forgotten Waltz

Writing is So Long

Fungus on the Filter

Flames and Ashes

A Hole in My Pyjamas

The Slippery Slope

An Owl Reflects

The Last Salute

Truth Alone Triumphs

Zinfandel Moments

Ghostwalker

My son, must I stay?

Fra Lippo Lippi

While I be the Banker

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