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Kiran Gupte's avatar

Look forward to your blogs.

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Mumbai || Paused's avatar

Thank you!

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Nitisha's avatar

This is brilliant and evocative.... made up words for half buried truths... with your permission, I would like to share this with my international learning group of Bioregionning.. And waiting for much more...

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Mumbai || Paused's avatar

Thank you, Nitisha. Listening to the Great Simplification may have influenced my thoughts here. :) Please do share.

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Ingrid's avatar

Such evocative coinages.

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Mumbai || Paused's avatar

Thank you!

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Minaz Ansari's avatar

This is brilliant Gopal!

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Mumbai || Paused's avatar

Thank you! Will coin some words using photography related words and phrases some day soon

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siru kadhai's avatar

Love this piece! Reminded of the Gulzar and Bhupinder Singh song from the film "Gharaonda" -

In umr se lambi sadkon ko

Manzil pe pahuchte dekha nahi

Bas daudti phirti rehti hai

Humne to teherte dekha nahi

Is ajnabi is sheher mein, jaanaa pehchana dhoondhta hai, aashiyana dhoondta hai

Ek Akela is sheher mein, Raat mein aur do peher mein

- Settler urbanism, indeed in the words of Gulzar.

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