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Poojita's avatar

"On days that I have to edit, I miss my corporate job" - lol-ed in real life xP

I don't usually stick with long posts but this one had me hooked! Towards the end, I was actually invested in knowing more about your slow cooked makke ki roti and saag xP Can't wait to see what you'll do on the 31st!

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This was a surprising read for me--and aha! moment of sorts for several reasons.

The write-up mentioned, 'Bahut Dur . . .' by Manav Kaul brought me back the time I was editing the English translation of his other travelogue (called Bird on My Windowsill in English), which is also about his time in Prague. It was hard for me to place this book's narrative in my mind--I often wondered who faced this nomadic, romantic existential-ness. How does one locate themselves on roads far away form home. And then, I come across your write-up, which responds to these questions; which locates a person on roads far away from home--in discoveries, in food, in their own thoughts.

This is brilliant.

. . . and I wonder how a book like Bahut Dur . . . landed on that hill and yet it would seem like the book that would land there.

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