the steps of the town hall after the conference
why is it that all the planners were ruing the pathetic state of the city when it was them that were in charge anyways?
why is it that artists have become so much more interesting to me than planners?
what does empowerment mean?
why does no one understand the marginalized space of the back seats?
where is the city going? (“to the dogs!!!” –i hear someone cry -33/7, sra, flyovers, flamingoes, mangroves, music videos…. ok, ok.. )
who decided that the stray dogs must not die but the leopards must?
according to rohit's obsession for the day- did pantbalekundri really get less applause than the butterfly man?
why did uma believe that the so called answers are supposed to be found if every one did their work efficiently pretending we were all one big smooth machine ?
or if everyone decided to do every one else’s jobs without any training in the field?
why is it that so many conferences end up being talkathons with no purpose?
why are question and answer sessions so embarrassing?
wasn’t pankaj feeling really hot in that jacket?
was the door to big for us small people?
does the durbar hall in the asiatic have two apsidal ends or is it just elliptical in shape?
has the disembodiment of the voice completely reshaped musical production?
how much time is it going to take me to listen to beethoven without suddenly having flashes of a fat man in a wig?
and why does ateya think that activists have bigger butts that feminists?
...And after that we walked out under the great stairs of the Asiatic- ninad, atey and me, and had beer at mondy’s only to talk more about music and critical theory, the policing of education, the construct of the marathi man.. god, I sound like such a pompous intellectual- must do something about that.
1 comment:
love this post. what about feminist activists? yes, yes, beethoven does scare by making special appearances in his music.
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