Glitzy lights and the nouveau riche. Rs. 160 (plus Rs. 30 as "convenience charge") for mudcaked seats. flashy cars and dilapidated realities. broken roads and cloistered dreams. cover illustrations and cheap bestsellers. tuna salad cravings. loud music and shwarma. no Bryan Adams for once. raised eyebrows. tens seconds of odd fame. meeting old acquaintances. cute attendant at the snack bar. shhh-glares at the backrow. the ubiquitous quick buck. a swish of the hair. "couples". jumping queues, actually, the lack of queues. "this or that". whispered phonecalls. dolby. celluloid moments jostling for space with languid afterthoughts. crumbled chips. dropped between seats. good salsa. a tug at the shawl. goddesses and begging bowls. ubiquitous lewd men. jarring-getting-under-my-skin horns. "generalisations" and essentialism. binaries. the Great Indian Dream. PS: photographs by YB (with SH & TB). February 2005.
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