20260723: Am I hungry tonight?
We’ve got two eateries called Café Paris this end of town. The lower end is near Colaba Market and has been there forever. The other is six storeys up in Upper Colaba and is my go to place most of the time. They have a table for two, and can seat upto 24. (But that […]
20260723: On Lake Cayuga, Ithaca.
Photo by Simone St Anne
20260717: The Eastwoods
The woods are bright, the sun is high,The rocks lean dark where monsoon lies.The sea is vast, the winds are free,They whisper, rest awhile with me. My work can wait, the hours will keep,The tide rolls in, the stones are steep.The breeze is song, the waves decree,They murmur, rest awhile with me.
St. Joseph visits my kitchen…
Aiman, my Co-pilot, did the magic trick. The 1st of May is always special. May 1, 2026
Munir & Susan
Friends from 1975. New York. New Jersey. Woodstock. Ithaca.
JStA on an oil rig at sea.
This was on an assignment for the Petroleum Ministry.
200619. Art Talk at the Taj
Friday evening in the city.Curator Gayatri Sinha and sociologist Manisha Sethi explore how ascetic traditions in India have shaped ideas of the body, spirituality, discipline, and identity across the centuries…
20241212: ArtWalk December 2024
20260712: A Fish Ate My Cat
Last night, at the INT Aditya Birla Theatre… A Fish Ate My Cat unfolded like a gentle dream. Humour and poignancy were woven into a tender meditation on ageing and memory. Yuki Ellias, the main actor, was wow! At its heart, A Fish Ate My Cat follows Sarita Johnson, a septuagenarian Bandra resident living alone, […]