‘Why’ Is Your South Asian Friend?
Who is (s)he is not the question. Because who is the least interesting bit part of someone’s identity, I think. Why is the question you need to ask that leads to eternal bliss and friendship, maybe even the icky thing that happens called love. Now you can say, my South Asian friend was born here, grew up here, so (s)he does not have the Eastern identity ‘problem’. That’s where we’d be pointing and laughing at you. A cat born anywhere in the world is still a cat. Why the hell, you ask, a cat?  Will make sense after you watch the video. Can someone be in the middle of these two cultures? I just might be. I’ll never, even

Crossroads
Like Robert Johnson, I too am at the crossroads…of life. Nah. But I do know that I seem to be harvesting more ideas in my head than the farm will allow. Does not help in getting things done. Doesn’t help that opportunity comes to tell knock knock jokes. Doesn’t help that freeing the mind can only get you so far unless the body isn’t along with it. Too many tiny pleasures of life blooming in the garden. I’d write a poem but I take pleasure in rhyming a little too much. The substance I don’t sweat over because substance is itself heavy with sweat. All I do is let it be. Ya feel? It’s 1:07. AM. And it’s̷

The Raven on BBC 4 Americana
BBC 4 Radio show Americana will be broadcasting an excerpt of my production of The Raven tomorrow (Sunday October 25) at 7:15p, right after The Archers. This is a new weekly show (1/2 hour) with host Matt Frei. I believe the excerpt will play during the opening minutes of this episode, followed by guests such as Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone. As Larry David would say, “pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty…” And on. Episode details here, and come over and join the

Visiting Sandy Hook. Saving Sandy Hook.
Why visit. Conserving of our historic site/landmarks is important to us all. Or at least, should be. I just posted a series of photos from my recent visit to Sandy Hook [Part One] [Part Two]. The PBS video is how I found out about this place. However, didn’t know that there’s an active campaign to commercialize that place. Meeting some of the Park Rangers, esp. Tom Minton, at the Sandy Hook Light

New York, New York
A few weeks ago I decided to embark on a journey to create a photo archive of New York as I see it. My love for this city is unmeasurable and I don’t see why I shouldn’t be another person to contribute to its pictorial history. However, I do have one mission: to focus on helping preserve some of the city’s and state’s neglected sites and locations. When the Ken Burns doc aired a couple of weeks ago this urge to document intensified. Since it’s almost impossible to venture out West to photograph the Yosemites and the Yellow Stones, I decided to look up places nearby in the meantime. I tell you, I’ve been blind. New York City alone, forget New Yor