I made them to live with the Mountain. I did not get paid for making chapatis. I got food and roof. It was a hippie thing, it was not a survival strategy. Please read the novel, A Grasshopper's Pilgrimage, to get it.
I am so happy that finally I have a controversy to rant about.
This article appeared in Hindustan Times Cafe, April 23rd, a few days after the mumbai launch. Click on image to read.
6 comments:
Food, roof and living with the Mountain counts as a living, no??
lol@ a controversy to rant about :D
I was so so excited to see this interview :-)
Banno,
Yes, all we need is food and roof to live, but is that living?
There is subtle difference in 'doing something for a living' and 'doing it to be able to live somewhere specific.'
The latter is a passion, former is a survival. We don't need passion to survive. etc etc.
Smita,
I got hold of this interview thanks to you. I was already in Banglore by the time it appeared, and even if I was in mumbai, a newspaper is the last thing I notice.
You want a hard copy? I have it with me :-)
Smita,
How very sweet of you. Wait, I will mail you my address.
Really enjoyed reading this article, Manju! -- gave me a fuller outline of your trajectory than I'd known.
cheers,
d.i.
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