I think every city needs a place that is so large hearted that we give in and simply sit/lie/be held in their lap for a little while. Bombay has its sea, Bangalore has its parks and Delhi has its monuments.
If you carry the sea within, it's always there for you :') That's your superpower!
This is such a moving essay. It made me teary eyed at places.
Thank you for taking us to Shanghumugham beach. I too want to take the direct bus to this quaint little place. It sounds perfect!
yuss, fully agree. isliye it makes me so angry when we lock in parks with gates and timings, especially Bangalore/Delhi/etc.. free and open public spaces in every city is the dream :)
thanks for reading, Karthik. pls jaldi take that bus and meet the kadal 🫂
"It is been 6 years since I laid out my heart over text to an almost lover-almost friend, too scared to say it out loud, too scared to let the dust of the words settle in my being - “I don’t hear the waves anymore”.
The grief bent me – untethered, carrying the weight of unbelonging, I hobbled through days and cried through nights. Admission of this intangible loss meant that I couldn’t pretend anymore; I couldn’t go on betraying myself; I needed to find a way back home to myself. Back then, all I wanted was to retrace my path through daysweeksmonthsyears, find that exact beat of moment where the sea within me went quiet. That would lead me to the person I was before, I told myself."
Not the blue-green man-made beaches of the Gulf. But, the messy, worn-out Juhu beach in Bandra. Beach shorts, giggles, ice cream, naariyal paani. Mummy, Daddy, me and my siblings - seized somewhere in time, over three decades ago. Wow, Parvathy! I haven't visited that memory in ages!
I think every city needs a place that is so large hearted that we give in and simply sit/lie/be held in their lap for a little while. Bombay has its sea, Bangalore has its parks and Delhi has its monuments.
If you carry the sea within, it's always there for you :') That's your superpower!
This is such a moving essay. It made me teary eyed at places.
Thank you for taking us to Shanghumugham beach. I too want to take the direct bus to this quaint little place. It sounds perfect!
yuss, fully agree. isliye it makes me so angry when we lock in parks with gates and timings, especially Bangalore/Delhi/etc.. free and open public spaces in every city is the dream :)
thanks for reading, Karthik. pls jaldi take that bus and meet the kadal 🫂
"It is been 6 years since I laid out my heart over text to an almost lover-almost friend, too scared to say it out loud, too scared to let the dust of the words settle in my being - “I don’t hear the waves anymore”.
The grief bent me – untethered, carrying the weight of unbelonging, I hobbled through days and cried through nights. Admission of this intangible loss meant that I couldn’t pretend anymore; I couldn’t go on betraying myself; I needed to find a way back home to myself. Back then, all I wanted was to retrace my path through daysweeksmonthsyears, find that exact beat of moment where the sea within me went quiet. That would lead me to the person I was before, I told myself."
This is so precious, Parvathy!
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Not the blue-green man-made beaches of the Gulf. But, the messy, worn-out Juhu beach in Bandra. Beach shorts, giggles, ice cream, naariyal paani. Mummy, Daddy, me and my siblings - seized somewhere in time, over three decades ago. Wow, Parvathy! I haven't visited that memory in ages!
I'll carry this image of your Juhu with me forever Saaboh ✨