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Look into my eyes

Look into my eyes, look into my eyes, not around the eyes, in the eyes. You’re under. There. OK. You want to buy fifty copies of my book. Today. Got it? good. Now, 3, 2, 1, back to you.

Community, etc.

A DVD-retrieval trip to Sarnath’s led to a dinner invite, so Stoob and I trooped happily through the mud of Pocket 40 to the bijou Banerjee residence, where India’s first graphic novelist forcefed Stoob Horlicks (this was because Stoob was allegedly ill, and Ovaltine was not available). We were talking about forthcoming projects and so … Continue reading →

On the bright side

In the last few days, Ive reread The Dark Knight Strikes Again, Batman Year One and Scott McCloud, and read three Sin City books: The Big Fat Kill, A Dame to Kill for, and the initial sequence starring Marv. Reading Moore’s From Hell now. Update: The rest of Sin City, V for Vendetta, Mr. Punch, … Continue reading →

Confessions

slow meme from Bridalbeer. Who says A delayed confession:- And, Pass it on to just one other blogger Given that all she’s given us is that she’s never read Ayn Rand (I havent either. Ditto for Paulo Coelho) I dont feel the need to break any drastic wind, but here goes. I get a lot … Continue reading →

The story mills

are grinding exceeding small. Have a few interesting anecdotes for the literary/journalistic story circle, which, as you have not heard, I will proceed to relate as soon as I get back to Delhi. Which should be soon.

Sing no

Thorn feltHi! FeltHuh! Come, king,Behind the Bengali,Under your berries,Hi! Ray drank… (kaanta laga,haye laga,ha, aja raja,bungley ke peeche,teri beri ke neeche,haye re piya) and other beautiful translations from Wakaw

So, was the doll Piglet?

Not one of the questions answered in the Sandman FAQ

Ve haf vays of…

Tersely

Before Sunset: Good and unusualOrange cellular services: Bad and commonDonnie Darko: Good, but overratedAmerican Pie 2: Bad, but brilliantABBA music videos: FabulousSpam: Terrible

Brief and enjoyable

trip to Bombay, which lasted all of half an hour…then left again, to come to Navi Mumbai and my sisters new place, which is just as wonderful as the old one. So far have sprawled around, watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and 8 Mile, fantastic and good respectively, and am now gently contemplating … Continue reading →