Thursday, August 20, 2015

How to Live in a City

Dear Aditi,
   Why did we decide to name it 'A Tale of Two States.' You live in a big city. I live in in a big city. Both being the biggest cities in our country. 
I do understand that they are different states, but they are cities before the state. And I know that a very good novel is named that, a very good novel which I have yet to read. And don't get me wrong, I do love the name. I probably wouldn't change the name, but that doesn't not make it a very dumb name.
I think I started writing this because it is only recently that realised how fucking big the city is. My whole life I have only been sheltered in Bandra to Santacruz. Anything what of that, I had to be with those parents.  But now I travel everywhere alone, and it is now that the stark difference between the north and the south has really shown itself. I would like to think that I am a mixture of the two, and that may be right. But if I were to chose between the north and south of the Mumbai, I would choose Delhi. Cause that's where you're at.
Welcome back for now,
Upa.

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