Poem : Of Melancholia and Infinity
One more of those moments is all I want - just once more
And I will buy myself back from you
Instead, can you keep my essence forever - however long or short that moment lasts?
Archive for authorAbha Talesara
Abha Talesara is a writer, director and producer with experience in three countries – UK, US and India. After producing her first feature in New York, she recently moved back to Bombay where she set up her own company – Breakthrough Productions. When she is not working, she spends her time in search of fine whiskey and good beer and of course, failing at making sense of the contemporary Indian culture.
Poem : On The Rocks, With A Drop Of Tear
I wonder if you think of me
On those sleepless moonlit nights
Of what we could have been
if you had said yes
Dreams of the texture of your hair…
Queering Bombay : The Time When The Lip Balm Cock-Blocked My Space
So after my many misadventures with gay women in India, I decided to give men a chance.
Queering Bombay : The Rain Time Set Up Conundrum
Only a week in Bombay was enough to make me really reconsider my parameters of fear.
Queering Bombay : The Space Time Manipulation Complex
And much to my surprise, I was informed that I was being set up with the friend of my girl friend’s friend.
Queering Bombay : The Space Time Paradigm
For a gay Indian woman who has lived most of her coming out years abroad, coming back to India can be pretty daunting – I have done that once.
