Apr 15, 2020You Don’t Know What a Worst Case Lockdown Scenario Looks Like, and Neither Do I: Inside Mumbai’s Largest SlumThe district is called Dharavi, and it’s one of the largest slums in the world. https://youtu.be/f0njnjgWeLA It’s so densely populated, it holds the same number of inhabitants of a small country in an area about the size of three-fifths of Central Park. The actual number of people living in Dharavi…Dharavi7 min readDharavi7 min read
Jul 19, 2014Before I Take Off All of Your Pretty ClothesPart II — Krasnoarmeysk, Ukraine 2 The next morning they woke up to the drumroll of her alarm clock. The whistling sound pierced the stillness of the early hour, like the winter light drawing a veil over the room, shining its bright yellow rays melting together the beige curtains, the beige wallpaper, and the…5 min read5 min read
Jun 30, 2014Rock n Roll Kitchen LimboPart I — Krasnoarmeysk, Ukraine 1 “What are you doing?” he said to the plastic mirror hanging on the wall of the bathroom. His eyes, sunken into their sockets were neither tired, nor tearing up, nor torn apart. Not yet anyway. That was a silly thought at the time and he was too much…5 min read5 min read
Mar 23, 2014It Takes TimeOne trip around the world was not enough to overcome my fears. But it was a start. — Rishikesh, India “In life, there rarely is the end, there is only the and.” — Charles McGrathy It’s ridiculous to think I needed more time. The nerve I had to ask for more time. How many people get to pause the hustles of life to walk around foreign towns just…6 min read6 min read
