Mumbai

Now I remember how a city can be alienating. Possibly even be driven by alienation. It has a wonderful air though, this place. It has made its absence conspicuous.

Brijnandini (she has kindly accommodated me in her sweet home in Juhu) suggested that I start writing about the characters of my 'punk girl' script. That is a brilliant idea to move forward, since all I've been doing is mentally collecting peculiar character traits from different people I meet.

I'm feeling a curious inertia, its force almost rendering the coming days into a long, arduous trip, perhaps joyfully inward.

But I must invigorate my days. Learn how to fill it to the brim. Unhinge myself from the bored laze that is so frighteningly common on the freedom boat.

- 10th November 2012

Shedding inertia

The kitten arrives a week before scheduled departure. The tiny, shrill creature dripping with naivete, made my sojourn seem more real, as if by vaguely defining for me the semblance of a home, it made the journey meaningful.

I am going to mumbai, which is essentially where home was-where I grew up. mumbai has been absent from my life for the last 3 years. I'm terribly excited to greet its sweaty, grimy, smoke kissed face, sparkling with the brilliance of possibility.

I'm in the train, it is paused under a smashing star studded sky. I can smell the earth, it is wet & full of living roots, leaves and other friendly creepy crawlies.

I look forward to return home, a richer person.

- 7th November 2012