The Bitch about Besant Nagar

Among the many inconsequential battles during school days was the one over our suburbs.
We were divided between the Besant Nagar gang versus the Tiruvanmiyur gang.
“So idyllic”, we would say of our avenue.
“Yeah, with red mud tracks and sad looking flats”, P & N would sneer.
“The grand edifice of the School of Arts, Kalakshetra, sits in [...]

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Believers II

Part I
A change came over Subramani since he began work on the idol of the goddess. He had built a makeshift area in his workshop with bedsheets so that the sculpting of the goddess was done in secrecy. When I asked him if I could take a peek, he requested to let him be.
It [...]

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Believers

The time has come, my friends, to tell the truth.
The faithful may doubt the veracity of this story, coming from me. For I am a known skeptic in the neighbourhood, the friendly doubter, placing my trust in all things empirical. The young and successful may not find thrills in a strange story that came of [...]

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Inviting them Candle-People to Vote

Dusk is rapidly falling and its shadows are lit up by candles.
There’s a congregation on the street;of men in jeans and sneakers and women in elegant mulmuls; and also young adult in tees and shorts and even pre teens in their singlets and capris. They’ve gathered for a candle-march.
I hover around the back.
I feel [...]

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