The circus you read about as a child The one full of laughing, lovable characters, their biggest crime a little ‘untidiness,’ their caravans so colourful, their lives so pleasantly (not threateningly) exciting. The questions you ask yourself Where do they go to the toilet? How does sex work? What if they don’t make any money …
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The Hostile State of the Balkans
Rationalizing revisiting The first time you visit a place, you know it by sensory perception – it feels like concrete, smells like grass, tastes like fermented fruit. The second time is like eating the entire fruit, pips and all, the hard skin, the bitter seeds, the juicy bits that disappear so quickly. Then it seems …
Permission to Work on the Street
Chapter 1: Of Streets, Statues and the Notion of Work What is a human statue? A human statue is an anachronistic presence, an unlawful occupation of time and space. An imitator of a statue or sculpture, a shadow with its own life. The statue is placed before a hat, on a street, and the tinkle …
Learning How to Leave Gokarna
Escape When I was nineteen, I made my first non-familial trips out into the world that was accessible with an overnight bus or train from Bangalore. Gokarna was the second place I visited, during that time. That first cutting of the thread, or cord, is one of the most miraculous things that happened in my …
The Gnoose 