dipti party . density workshop . the voices of time

dipti threw a party on her terrace yesterday night. it got us all a chance to say goodbye to ninad and ateya who leave for mit on monday and wednesday.

meanwhile in college the new first year is here with all of 8 boys in the class of girls. kausiks workshop around the theme of an apocalyptic future where the population of the city increases 20 fold is scaring some, exciting others.

speaking of fantastic futuristic scenarios, i just finished a bunch of short stories by j g ballard-‘the voices of time’. in the landscapes of a dystopian future time collapses and stretches in strange incredible ways. ‘the voices of time’ is what the collection is called. my favorite story besides the lead one is ‘the sound sweep’ where sound is imagined as absorbed into the walls and need to be cleaned like dirt. in every story though the cities and the architecture is described in such loving detail that it rises in front of you as you read. and it is an incredible vision.