Tag: Paris
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Banlieues Chéries
What is a banlieue? It took me some time to understand it. At first I didn’t understand it at all. I lived in Paris but if I walked 200 metres, I was no longer in Paris and found myself in Gentilly instead, where I’d once visited a Hawaiian restaurant that served Korean food. However, within…
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Paris/Calcutta.
Today, I found a piece of chewed gum on the railing. Last tango. Last tango. Cities, like fates, resemble each other. The mural of Moulin Rouge in Moulin Rouge, Park Street. It looks so much like Calcutta, I thought. And then I remembered Calvino: “Every time I describe a city I am saying something…
