Swanand KelkarJuly 9 : Shadows“I am so happy they are together again” she said “We get to see the Bandstand sunset after so many months. Yay!”Jul 9, 2020Jul 9, 2020
Swanand KelkarJuly 3 : PigeonI love the square. It’s cordoned off with a metal fence. Apart from the sweeper-lady, no human gets in. Even she is here only for a little…Jul 4, 2020Jul 4, 2020
Swanand KelkarJune 26 : Death and LifeI saw death closely when my mother passed away a few years ago. She was in the ICU, recovering we were told, when one morning the doctor…Jun 26, 2020Jun 26, 2020
Swanand KelkarJune 17 : LockdownWe WhatsApp-ed the pictures a day before. I got Deepika. She got Saif. I zoomed in, YouTubed and zoomed in some more. At the appointed…Jun 17, 2020Jun 17, 2020
Swanand KelkarJune 11 : TeaMy father taught me two things prematurely. To read a clock and to drink tea. Not the milky variety, but the real deal with just a few…Jun 11, 2020Jun 11, 2020
Swanand KelkarJune 8 : Vada-pavFifteen minutes before recess, he would lose focus. Sai sat next to the window and moment the aroma hit his nostrils, his imagination would…Jun 8, 2020Jun 8, 2020
Swanand KelkarJune 7 : Naina“This is an optional subject. You will get grades for it, not marks. Your mark-sheet will only have Pass or Fail. Everyone will pass. You…Jun 7, 2020Jun 7, 2020
Swanand KelkarJune 4 : PlatformThe longer I stood waiting at the platform, the more distant the X became. The X at the back of the train’s last bogey. It felt symbolic…Jun 4, 2020Jun 4, 2020
Swanand KelkarJune 3 : Book-keeperThe words Give and Take are generally uttered in the same breath but are very different. Both words have a sense of individual control…Jun 3, 2020Jun 3, 2020
Swanand KelkarJune 2 : GangesI saw the Ganges for the first time in 2010 and realized what I had been missing for over thirty years of my life. I was visiting a factory…Jun 3, 2020Jun 3, 2020
