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Falguni Bhat
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May 14, 2021

Turing

Exactly 80 years ago, in May 1941, British intelligence at Bletchley Park broke the German spy codes of Enigma. If ever there was a gay hero, it was Alan Turing. Walking back after an evening out at the Gay Village we encountered his memorial by chance. A life size statue…

World War II

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Turing
Turing
World War II

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May 5, 2021

Bookshops are magical places

As we headed out of our self-quarantine to explore this city which has been home for the last 11 days, the streets of Manchester welcomed us with freezing rain and cold, gusty winds. …

Books

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Bookshops are magical places
Bookshops are magical places
Books

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Jan 24, 2021

The huge Peepal tree at the edge of the lawns

The year was 1565, squirrels were chasing each other up and down my trunk as I stood basking in the winter sun, on the banks of the Yamuna river, my leaves rustling in the afternoon breeze. Mirak Mirza Ghiyath and his son were there with the Begum and hundreds of…

India

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The huge Peepal tree at the edge of the lawns
The huge Peepal tree at the edge of the lawns
India

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Jan 4, 2021

It rained last night

January rain is not a Mumbai thing, I looked up at the sky with the clouds hanging low. Weeping gently and wetting the roads below. In the still of the night it felt like God was trying to wash away the dark memories of 2020. Washing away the pain of…

2020

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It rained last night
It rained last night
2020

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Jan 1, 2021

Hope

Hope Twenty-twenty ends One more spin around the sun welcome twenty-one!

New Year

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Hope
Hope
New Year

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Hope

Twenty-twenty ends
One more spin around the sun
welcome twenty-one!

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Nov 6, 2020

Roots

We’re still adapting to the new norm. The world is opening up, risks are being accepted, cautions are being repeatedly reminded. As Aladdin would say, “It’s a whole new world …” With so much changing outside we seek more and more solace inside our homes, our families, our feelings. Over…

Plants

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Roots
Roots
Plants

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Jul 9, 2020

Six of crows

There are few things spookier than being woken up by the loud, raspy, continuous cawing of half a dozen crows crowding on your bedroom balcony. The first instinct is that there is something wrong, something ominous happening or about to happen. Their reputation precedes the appearance of these urban scavengers…

Nature

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Six of crows
Six of crows
Nature

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Jul 4, 2020

Every Mumbaikar’s first-love

Monsoon is magical in Mumbai. All year round we yearn for those few days when life stops in our city. When the incessant rain floods our streets, our railway tracks, our backyards and we are forced to take the day off. For 2020, today was that day. When the sky…

Mumbai

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Every Mumbaikar’s first-love
Every Mumbaikar’s first-love
Mumbai

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Jun 15, 2020

Left

Everybody leaves Some because they had no hope, some just had no choice. When we kill ourselves, it’s not that we’re weak or that death seems easy. We fight, fight hard everyday to stay, to face life. But sometimes the demons inside are too strong. Our strength is not enough…

Suicide

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Left
Left
Suicide

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Jun 1, 2020

Quaran-time thoughts

In the beginning of April, before the mangoes came home, we ate an organic papaya. The inner cavity had so many seeds that it almost triggered my trypophobia. A huge difference from the small, almost seedless ones that we normally get at the fruit vendor. This particular papaya was so…

Random Thoughts

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Quaran-time thoughts
Quaran-time thoughts
Random Thoughts

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