27th March 2012
For some reason, people think it’s incredibly romantic when I tell them that my soul belongs to two countries. It’s hard for people to understand that I don’t belong in terms of nationality, either. In terms of nationality, I am all Indian. It’s incredibly difficult to straddle continents the way I do, for when I am in one country my…
17th March 2012
Sometime ago someone I barely knew asked me what I did for a living, and I replied that I was a writer. She looked sceptical and informed me that I couldn’t call myself a writer unless I’d been published. She then pointedly asked me if I was, indeed, published. Instead of chastising her for her rudeness, I told her that…
8th March 2012
There’s been so much noise in my life lately. I don’t mean actual noise – that’s not something you get a lot of when you live alone with two cats. Cats are restful creatures, which is one of the most awesome things about them. I guess I mean that there’s been a lot of written noise in my life, and…