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Where Have All the Colours Gone?
On Holi week, the author, as someone who has never played Holi, wonders what Indian cinema did with all that colour.
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The Bed at the End of the World
A personal reflection on a lifelong relationship with death — from childhood fascination to teenage obsession, from cinematic awakenings to adult burnouts. This essay explores how death became a metaphor, a shadow, a presence, and eventually a strange companion. And how light, once a comfort, became something to fear. It is a meditation on survival, shadow, self, and the slow return to life through words.
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A Tale of Two (and a half) Decades
I wrote this in 2015 just prior to Jurgen Klopp taking over the club. This is a fictional retelling of highs and lows across twenty-five years of my life. But it is also the journey of Liverpool FC from 1990 to 2015. You might sense their journey running quietly through these lines. I never name the club. But they are there. For those who know where to look. It was the best of times. He was top of the class and graduated with spectacular results. The undisputed king of hearts. Loved and feared by everyone in equal measure, he had partied like there was no tomorrow and drank to many…
