Your piece reminds me of exploring Kolkata, the narrow lanes, crowded places, rustic smell of old houses, piping hot jhal muri or bengali style shingaras accompanied with the classic adda. I loved reading about the tiny things, coz what really matters is the little things I guess. To the question of Indian works, you are right people often end up glorifying or romanticising the scenario than finding the aesthetics in reality. This reminds me of Jhumpa Lahiri's Namesake or Lowland, she describes Kolkata just the way it is, neither does she glorify poverty on streets nor does she reduce the experience to some fantasy world stuff. This makes her work feel real and relatable. Your work felt the same real, unfiltered, beautiful and relatable. I can't help but appreciate the intellectual honesty in your work. Keep going girl, whatever it is staying true to yourself is going to bring your readers close to you....
Your piece reminds me of exploring Kolkata, the narrow lanes, crowded places, rustic smell of old houses, piping hot jhal muri or bengali style shingaras accompanied with the classic adda. I loved reading about the tiny things, coz what really matters is the little things I guess. To the question of Indian works, you are right people often end up glorifying or romanticising the scenario than finding the aesthetics in reality. This reminds me of Jhumpa Lahiri's Namesake or Lowland, she describes Kolkata just the way it is, neither does she glorify poverty on streets nor does she reduce the experience to some fantasy world stuff. This makes her work feel real and relatable. Your work felt the same real, unfiltered, beautiful and relatable. I can't help but appreciate the intellectual honesty in your work. Keep going girl, whatever it is staying true to yourself is going to bring your readers close to you....
This is so beautiful!! I love all of these descriptions and it really gives me a sense of the things you hold dear!
So so so endearingly written! I can almost smell the scents and hear the sounds of this piece