I am the creature that country clichés often mention—
the city animal.
This restless wonderment
at my inability to harness nature in my poetry
is a distant thought now,
overwritten by...
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Bombay / Mumbai , India
« I prefer to use the older name, ‘Bombay,' as it symbolizes the inclusive and cosmopolitan character of my city. » —Ranjit Hoskote
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This is the city of dreams, not for their fulfillment, but for those that it consumed and passed down as heirloom; you can see these on the streets at half past seven, bare fists... media_text
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When Prime Minister Indira Gandhi asked India’s first cosmonaut, Rakesh Sharma, at a video conference in April 1984, how India looked from space, he replied without missing a beat: “Saare jahan se achcha.” Every... media_text
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Alpenglow on your cheeks constellate me to our cosmos, quickening in this heliolater of calentures that never convalesced. Lost in its energy, I continue bird-dogging protocols for... media_text
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Students of Sanskrit will recognise, in Kalyana Malla, the author of the erotic manual, Ananga Ranga. Since Sanskrit authors are not often situated, at least not to general readers, in a specific time and place—they... media_text
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I sit here, listening to an orchestra. They are playing the Banjos of ingenuity, and far from where I am, is a symposium of wise men, sitting on the struggle media_text
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The three boys jumped over the boarding school wall in the suede of night. They had scored 3 out of 20 marks and were horse-whipped 17 times. The teacher promised a similar punishment the next day too. The... media_text
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He was first a snake and was in love with her - a she-snake. And then he molted and after he molted he was a turtle and he met another she-turtle and fell in love with her. When he de- shelled after years, he became a...
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