Notes

Walking from the east and heading on Regent to the corner of Dwight, a sheet of paper screened with the image of Gandhi slid with the wind in such a way that when Jagdish stepped the paper became flat in perfect unison with the sidewalk. He stopped and looked not

Matches are played in India with kites whose strings are covered with glue and ground glass. Each player attempts to sever the string held by his opponent. The desert is no longer one…. green shades shadow the sand… lifting boys raise their arms into the sky. Upper Cuts to the

Poets(Bengalis?), Freedom Fighters, Scheduled Castes, and other nightmares… !!! Q please… And I try pushing the short little man wearing a Goodyear cap in a proper line behind me. “Space dedo, ne” But space doesn’t exist here, only for poets and freedom fighters. Imagine a nightmare, unimaginable even to

Drippings of tamarind smeared onto the neatly cut dolly plate as he picked up the still warm somosa and bit into its peak… The mint chutney tasted a bit like bitter spinach; he asked himself, had these owners cut down on costs? But still good, he continued enjoying his mid

Rin Tin Tin. Lhasa, Peking, Bali, the Taj, the wonders of empire. Something of Edward Said floats through his head… some thought on structuralism, but fuck it’s his right, his duty, his nature… On his back the elegant trim of the ceiling surprises him. The Delhi air is thick,

Or An Ongoing Game of Chess Board Description: Steam Nightclub Jaipur: a small stationed train, almost a toy, refurbished as a stage car sits, seating those resting from dancing or the prices of the drinks they neck. On the wall to the left projected is stock footage of some European

Think of all the things you never did before Think of the millions of things you never had seen before Think of all the millions of things… Think of that, and then this is just one more in that list of millions.“ And so he said, the guru, clad behind

I am in Marlboro Country…and not because of any smoke or duty free ads that line this airport’s massive and almost fascist imposing marble walls, but because of Midwesterners who out number the Kuwaitis, Arabs, Indians, and others who occupy this space. The Americans sit heavy and passively