Tag: Sikkim Earthquake

  • A Different Kind of Dread

    The light at times is so bright i am unable to see, temporarily blind, until the next corner leads back to dull grey nothing. Penetrated by short sharp bursts. Window pains clean before being crystallised by sunrise; before the black comes and the earth turns seven A. M. black. The late September brings leather mittens…

  • Is Roller Skating a Meditation?

    Is Roller Skating a Meditation?

    You can’t relax with it, i can’t relax without it. Where do we fit without fear? Inhale – Exhale – Exhale Inhale. Nothing everything. Internal external. Dread panic nothing. Pre Earthquake….. Mogal Shari station was hell; only because of the amount of time we spent there due to miss information from our previous hoast. Sitting…

  • Surviving the Sikkim Earthquake

    I have not brushed my teeth for three days, but why would i when i am in the middle of an earthquake? The journey from Darjeeling took an un-expected turn. Not so un-expected if you have read previous posts. The jeep started shaking but on reflection it was not the jeep but the earth, the…