I need a cigarette. Not just any cigarette but the kind which stays inside a box with a large picture of a pair of dark black lungs on it. I need a cigarette for my thoughts. You get me a Nimbooz. I am agitated or so I look. Perhaps something to drink would quell my thoughts. But I wish for a cigarette just like you. A cigarette that I can hold in between my fingers and bring to my lips, inhale something deep and release. There’s so much glamour attached to it. And this one time I am hoping there is more lighting a cigarette than glamour.
Archive for October, 2011
I need a cigarette
Posted: October 19, 2011 in all in A Day, ObservationsTags: cigarette, monologues
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Dashain 2011
Posted: October 11, 2011 in Delhi, Nice talkin to me, ObservationsTags: Dashain, Dashain 2011, Nepal
Dashain 2011 By S. Thapa
Our Dashain was a small private affair: five girls, a bit of dressing up for the occasion and lots of photos. Dashain was barely acknowledged last year so it was mine as well as everyone else’s first Dashain away from home. My day started by reading news about Jobs’ demise which saddened me deeply but all thanks to the girls here who cheered me up and helped me get ready for the occasion. Walking out with the big red tika on our foreheads with people staring at us, students from elsewhere asking us for the tika as well….it felt so good to be different. It was as though we had taken up the herculean task of preserving and promoting our culture here. Big words, I know.
Lastly, my heartfelt thanks to the spirited Nepali girls for just being there…
शुभ दशैँ
Posted: October 2, 2011 in A click away, DelhiTags: गुन्द्रुक, दशैँ, Dashain, Gundruk, Nepal, Photography
आजको खाजा – गुन्द्रुक
यस ब्लग हेरिरहनु भएका सबैजनालाई विजयादशमी २०६८ को हार्दिक मंगलमय शुभकामना ।
