This morning I made the error of drinking a large glass of milk as there was too much milk and it was getting a little old. Unsurprisingly, I’ve had a slightly unhappy stomach all day. I read another Ishiguro book, The Remains of the Day, today. I had actually read this already but remembered little […]
Sponge city
This morning it rained and rained, and then was cool and grey. I dawdled a bit and then took the BTS down to Lumphini park, stopping along the way for the Michelin recommended fried chicken in the vicinity. Curious what an economy has erupted around the Michelin guide. I’ve been coming to Bangkok since before […]
Hornbill
It was a very busy Sunday. We were supposed to go for dosas, but I kept having meetings piling up, from an early morning one which needed over an hour of post-meeting work, onwards. I didn’t get to really leave the room except for meals. I fell asleep working, woke up long enough to turn […]
Death of the general
General Musharraf has died. How upset I was that day in 1999 when he seized power. I was in university, just a few weeks in. I remember walking through Harvard Square with one of my roommates, trying to speak the mixture of anger and fear I felt, and her lack of understanding. Then, weeks or […]
Stroll
How to walk from Karachi to Mumbai using Google Maps. Karachi Karachi City, Sindh, Pakistan Walk south-west on Siddiq Wahab Rd towards Napier Rd 3 m Turn left at SHAMEER RAJA onto Napier Rd Pass by Thata Bus Stand (on the left) 1.1 km Turn left at DEERLOGISTICS onto Frere Rd/Shahrah-e-Liaquat Pass by Frontier Autos […]
Centenary
My father reminded me today that this year marks the centenary of my great-grandfather’s death. He was in the British Indian Army, fought in Burma, and once killed a lion with his sword. He died when my grandfather was two years old and there were no photographs of him, so all my grandfather had of […]
People
I met a rather curious person, not very likable. A shut in who sees no one and never leaves home, but very insistent about how cosmopolitan they are, and how well travelled and widely experienced and knew what was what about the world. All that travelling was while study abroad during their A’levels, over two […]
Other worlds
Sometimes, at dusk, Lahore gets this strange otherworldly glow. It’s like that right now: quite dark in this neighbourhood where there are many trees and lush greenery, but overhead the sky is like an inverted copper bowl. Dusk is a distinctive time for Punjab anyway – if you’re in the countryside there is a quietness […]
Small things
A day of small things yesterday. Well, one big thing, which is a book I have been struggling to edit and is going very slowly and I would very much like to finish it and never think about it again. Then, an approach from an organization I’d worked for in the past for a small […]
Faltering attempt
Made a faltering attempt to introduce a vegetable to my father’s diet today. Since I arrived he has eaten only parathas, roti, naan, rice, daal and red meat, plus a seemingly endless supply of crisps and nimko between meals. Today I ordered one of the few vegetables he will eat, i.e. peas, and he didn’t […]