Monday, February 18, 2008

Fancy Pants Writing, Ikat Writing!!!!!

The immigrant lady with her tightly made bun.She sits with her plastic bag of lunch in her lap. A wind cheater and lace up sneakers. She is hunched up in half her seat. The mom in her "mom jeans" and Walmart sweater. Her stroller in front which can seat two. Juice boxes and small toys litter the stroller.A bundled up daughter in it and her son peering out. The awkward "Hindu-East Indian" pregnant housewife. In ill fitting,brightly colored off the rack mass produced "Modern" clothes. The vermiliion in her parting and all jewellery to indicate her marital status. The African-American woman in her business suit and punching emails into her Blackberry. Her expensive hair cut and shoes-bag combo standing out. The pre-teen girl with her straight blonde hair. Her braces are still not out, her sidekick held out in front of her almost like a weapon and her fingers dancing over it. Ipod plugged in and playing "Hannah Montana".

And then suddenly the doors opened. It was my destination and I stepped out to run to catch the next train

10 comments:

Ne said...

Got to ur blog thro BG's. the name na-manasu gravitated my golti genes and i read. and liked. :)

tt_giant said...

good staccato attempt. keep up the good work!

Ne said...

i think i shd replace the word gravitated with beckoned. this sounds weird but after i wrote this comment,the wrong usage of that word kept nagging me the whole day and i realised what it should be on the way to school. in the shuttle. go figure!

Divya said...

nice!! loved the post.

i think therefore i am said...

@ne.. welcome to na-manasu.gravitated just sounded very significant.. becokoned sounds fine too..either way..welcome..
@ttg..no this is IKAT writing.I cant write like this anymore...
@divya_das..Welcome to the club di..u cant damaal nu do things..Lead us into it.. But congrats either way..

i think therefore i am said...

@ne.. well that is what cogito is all about..the first thing that comes to ur mind..if u keep reading(and I hope u will) u will realize I dont spellcheck or edit. I write the first thing that comes to my head..

Ne said...

wow. thats nice. with my wonderful typing skills, i HAVE to go back and read.!

Anonymous said...

Fantastic narration!!

i think therefore i am said...

@vivek..tanq..tanq

nandita said...

Wonderful post! Very very nice!