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Hamlet – The Clown Prince

By Suze on Sunday, August 9, 2009

I was initially skeptical of Hamlet, arguably one of Shakespeare’s finest tragedies, being re-imagined as a comedy. In case you don’t remember the storyline, Atul Kumar (playing a clown who plays Hamlet), helpfully summarizes the plot for the audience at the beginning Hamlet dies, Ophelia dies, Gertrude dies, Claudius dies How could you make this [...]

Posted in What I'm Reading | Tagged India, Madras, Review, Shakespeare, Theater | 3 Responses

This is simply the End of the Beginning

By Suze on Friday, March 30, 2007

Isn’t it funny how an entire lifetime can be summed up in 7 cardboard boxes and a cup full of loose change?

Posted in Marginalia | Tagged Ahmedabad, Change, India, Marginalia | 14 Responses

Go Goa!

By Suze on Thursday, January 18, 2007

Before we left, we tried to understand the term susegad. From a variety of travel guides and internet resources, we gleaned the following : Susegad, is a way of life in Goa. It’s roots lie in the portugese word socegado which – loosely transalated – means ‘laid back’. A less charitable reviewer even called it [...]

Posted in Wanderlust | Tagged Goa, India, Wanderlust | 7 Responses

Barefoot in Bombay

By Suze on Tuesday, October 31, 2006

How exactly do you end up shoe-less in South Bombay on a slow Sunday evening? You could try being me for a few hours! It all started when this modern day Cinders expressed a desire to see Bombay. (Do you also get the feeling that this is going to be a long story?) Until about [...]

Posted in Wanderlust | Tagged Bombay, India, Wanderlust | 19 Responses

Begnadigen Sie mein Deutsche

By Suze on Monday, June 12, 2006

It was a Tuesday, I distinctly remember. All the strange things in life usually happen on Tuesdays don’t they? On this particular Tuesday, I was idly flipping through a course catalog trying to pick courses for this term. Have you noticed how things sound a lot more profound in a foreign language? Well, I have. [...]

Posted in Marginalia | Tagged Ahmedabad, German, India, Languages | 25 Responses

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