flotsam

15. hurry-ohm

Morning run, close encounters of the uncular kind, my grandfather's clinic, Kumar Gandharva's grandson

May 29 • 

Varun

6

June 2024

14. rearrangements

Modernism, my new house, and a death in the society.

Jun 30, 2024 • 

Varun

7

2

13. social media has its pros and cons

A doctor creates a reel out of the eleven stitches she makes on my left thumb.

Jun 23, 2024 • 

Varun

5

2

May 2024

12. election day

On the phone at 10:52, all the lines are busy. 'Furious people are talking to one another,' says my mother.

May 14, 2024 • 

Varun

9

June 2023

11. trying to put it into words

It is half past six, approaching dusk, when an American man walks in, dressed in jeans and a baseball cap over his bald head.

Jun 21, 2023 • 

Varun

7

2

December 2022

10. sunshine sometimes

this week i discovered how snow feels underfoot: somewhere between a crunch and a greatly reluctant squelch

Dec 12, 2022 • 

Varun

6

2

August 2021

9. precedented times

[I keep writing these intros and then vaccilate over everything else until it’s too late — we’re in the middle of August now and it hasn’t rained a drop…

Aug 17, 2021 • 

Varun

6

May 2021

8. posters

The April sun reminds me of my driving instructor.

May 7, 2021 • 

Varun

7

April 2021

7. some good and bad things

I shovelled a lot of dirt last week, filling out a number of holes my dog dug across our front lawn, erasing what amounted to his life’s work.

Apr 9, 2021 • 

Varun

8

January 2021

6. january

When I was in school, I’d dread the weeks that followed Uttarayan: this sudden sharpening of the sun.

Jan 23, 2021 • 

Varun

5

December 2020

5. on violence / 2020

A rat has been running amok around our kitchen lately, appearing on countertops, windowsills and scampering inside cabinets, rattling the cutlery.

Dec 19, 2020 • 

Varun

6

November 2020

4. reliance netconnect

a few small victories

Nov 16, 2020 • 

Varun

7