I’ve come to be wary of New Year Eve. Last year a bomb blast left some eight New Year revellers in Bangkok dead. Some years ago a bride brought a New Year in, as she sat stunned, besides her dead groom, with a bullet marking his heart in an airplane on Khandahar airport. In 2004 a powerful car bomb killed a group of [...]
Archive for December, 2007
Resolutions 2008
Posted in talk, tagged 2008, new year eve, new year party on December 28, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Yuletide in Chennai
Posted in travel, tagged chennai, christmas, church, x-mas on December 25, 2007 | 15 Comments »
Greetings.
Everyone’s whining that Chennai’s grandness is lost in the density of urban sprawl. But to seek vestiges of her past beauty you need the keen eye of a traveller and the heart of a loyal patron. And it’s Christmas, the right time to do it.
Churches are Chennai’s best kept secret. The churches of Chennai bursting with song, hope, [...]
Amma’s Boyz
Posted in men, tagged bengali, mamma's boys, psycho, tamil on December 23, 2007 | 16 Comments »
Cousin R stopped for a sleep-over from California enroute to meet his mother in Chennai. He brought his American wife along. This was their first-ever visit to our home.
I fixed her a cappucino and did the done thing. Brought out the old family album and perched it on my knees. We went through black and white photographs of us as children holidaying [...]
Chinna Veedu, the French Connection
Posted in talk, tagged chinna veedu, concubine, mistress, sarkozy, timeri murari on December 19, 2007 | 14 Comments »
The latest piece of news that has floated in from Paris informs us that French President Nicolas Sarkozy was seen having a romantic walk with his girlfriend Carla Bruni at the Champ Elysee a few days ago. The supermodel has a past that would make saints wilt with longing. She has supped and slept with famous men including Mick [...]
