Swack. Defined by many as the gathering of moisture in the lower regions of one’s body, collecting and making its presence known when clothing is pressed against the skin, swack is one of Mumbai life’s most endearing byproducts. As I sat in the auto today for 2 1/2 hours trying to make it through monsoon [...]
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Swack Attack!!
Posted in Mumbai life, tagged Add new tag on June 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Coming Home
Posted in Personal, Philosophical, tagged Add new tag on June 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The day I found out that I had got admission into Newhouse and was leaving for the United States in a couple of months, Jeroo Mulla (my film professor at Sophia) said to me, “Congratulations! But now you’ll never have a home. You will always want to be where you are not.” She spoke from [...]
Simply Adjusting to I.S.T. (Indian Standard Time)
Posted in Mumbai life, tagged Add new tag on May 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Today I had the opportunity to visit the University of Pune and the Film Archives in Pune. We all crammed into a small yet air conditioned bus and made an approximately 3 hour drive up the beautiful mountains of India to the city of Pune. It was a beautiful drive full of wild life, nature, [...]
Past the point of no return…
Posted in Personal, tagged Add new tag on May 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(Please note: blog intended for Saturday, May 17th, 2008) Not only is India my first international trip, but Thursday and Friday were the first days that I was lucky enough to grace the big bad flying machines we know as planes. They really are amazing. When I boarded the flight from JFK and the plane [...]