Bachchas

shob bigor gaya. Koi college nehi jata hai? Emonki chhoto chhoto bachchas also? Not just Pigs but the under-pigs as well? Too sad wonly.

Aur hum realise kiya hai whenever unlimited supply of movies bondho ho jata hai (due to lack of internet or lappy) tokhon-i hum ekdom bigor jata hai.

Simon's Cat:

the light of my life (NOT fire of my loins), my only joy in this dreary, feline-less existence in South Delhi.

http://www.youtube.com/user/simonscat#p/u/1/I1qHVVbYG8Y

Can you believe

that i spent a total of 2000 bucks (plus VAT) on a brunch and a dinner for two? On two consecutive days, too. For just two people. Gawd! I'll be so broke if i continue this way!

Also bought meself a fulsleeve, BJP-orange Fab kurti. (Why am i so attracted to this colour, now? Dyamn!)

Bought number.two two kurta-s as well. Number.two is ill. AND someone else is coming to live in the office! Oh woe the day!

Strumpet

Chhatim Phooler gondho, ekhon--ekhono--ekhane, ekhaneo...
So late these flowers still bloom, perfuming the dusty arid air with their heady fragrance. I think of my city. I think of my favourite season the monsoon. I missed monsoon in the city. This year. Maybe the next too. Are chhatims still blooming in your alleys and by lanes? That heavy fragrance mixed with diesel fumes on a sudden turn on the Gariahat Road call me back to the city where I belong.
A city which is a mixture of grease and sweat, blood and red flags, protests and hypocrisy, politics and rabindranath, apathy and poverty. My strumpet city, whose lanes and by lanes, garbage and poverty invite everyone to come, look, explore, conquer, fall in love...

Statements, Questions

If equal affection cannot be
Let the more loving one be me

~W.H. Auden

'If equal affection can never be true,
why can't the more loving one be you?'

~Akhil Katyal

When you love someone and it goes to waste etc

is not a profitable line of thought. I've been through this same phase some 3 years back. That way lies heartbreak. I must hold on to this realization every time i weaken.

Animaux

Most dogs here are neutered/spayed. They wag their tails and pull the strings of my jhola or the edge of my dupatta. awwwwwwwww! I in my turn press their noses and pat them on their heads and then discomfitted by their persistance in following me say "ja, ja! kichhu nei". But no cats :(

PS: There is an INTACH chapter in Kolkata. Is it even functional? Why does nobody in the city care about the city? I mean look at the website of the Dilli Chapter: http://www.intachdelhichapter.org/heritage_walks_in_october.html