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Singing Opera on a Motorbike
The cracks in this utopia of otherness were beginning to appear, I knew.
Smelling of Salt
I lay later in my bed, sweating.
The Albanian Canto
The grid of the possible stretches laconic beneath.
On Intimacy
If we cannot be beautiful, dangerous, seductive – well then we might as well not be at all.
A Journey through Khumbu
A journey through Khumbu //
A cornucopia of delights //
Pain alloyed with pleasure //
Bask in mountains of might.
Flowers, a short story
When I started longingly at the pool, I wished my restlessness could dissolve into it as easily as the chlorine.
“Abu” Mazharuddin Ahmed
Across nearly a century, “Abu” Mazharuddin Ahmed (1934-2023) was a surgeon, a father, a grandfather, and a loving husband. He and I spent countless hours together, Star Plus gracing the turmeric-spiced air with tepid arguments in Hindi and furious looks. Abu and his wife Kumudini, which means lily, were married for more than 60 yearsContinue reading ““Abu” Mazharuddin Ahmed”
The Counterdiscourse of the Feminine in Three Texts by Wilde, Huysmans, and Sacher-Masoch
Rita Felski, 1991
Major project risk management: Reconciling complexity during delivery with the inside view in planning
Paul Chapman and Cuong Quang, 2021