Shubho Nobomi. A very vital aspect of Hindu middle class migrant life in the Gulf is the temple run on festival days. The best saree, an opportunity to express an ethnic identity in a foreign land, even if one is raised here has a celebratory feel, as if one is clutching on to something fluid. … More Durga Pujo in Muscat: A Photo Essay
Art as possibility/response Art as criticism As imagination As market As a window to the soul
Time for low hanging fruit, aka life style environmentalism is passé/ the preserve of the socioeconomically astute. The world needs a financially rewarding win win ecological future. Unless it pays, systems will not pivot.
Festivals and me Are not speaking Rather, alienation is a friend Paradoxes rule As festivals are observed on Timelines and Tweets Live-streaming yes, an illusion Of belonging, and despair So far, and yes so near As the Pujo Ullash Is within
The obsession with winning Snatches life Moment by moment Living is sensing the moment Is appreciating the small Self Help is toxic Don’t lose To win Win, rather to live
A pair of hired hands ATM back home ‘Guest Worker’ in adopted land A citizen of nowhere Watches festivals on YouTube And Watsapp calls back home Salvation is his/her paycheque
Even if one leaves a place The place lives within The sounds, the flavours The connect To the Supermarket Auntie The 108A Food Court The ABC Park Connector The Walkways The Micro Geography turns into emotions The emotional citizenship Beyond visas Is a life In the head
In the dark times There are silver shimmers Horizon, naaaa The depth within is more like it
I am enamoured by migrants who are micro entrepreneurs, who have their feet on the ground, understand the dynamics of the local market better than any macro economist. The dissecting of the contraction of the market in the light of the low oil prices, although the prices are high enough Hallelujah, is stunning as these … More Migrant Micro-Entrepreneurship in Oman: Lessons in Business
City Scapes at Night Gleaned by Lights Dark Spaces are proxies For expanse One Gleaming Minaret Makes up for all
