Sunday, April 15, 2007

Deadlines, Drudgery, and Luxury

Wow. Since getting back to Delhi, I've been on constant deadline at the magazine. Somehow, in some bizarre twist, I'm in charge of putting together a "Luxury Booklet". How did this happen??? By the way, here's a little tid-bit: did you know the word "luxury" is derived from the the Latin word "luxus", which means indulgence of the senses regardless of the cost?

Hmmm...which gets me thinking. What's my definition of luxury? Oh yes. Hanging out in a true-blue pool with a new best friend... talking about life, boys, the universe... drinking fresh lemonade... playing a game of 'Marco Polo' with two seven and ten year old sisters who seem to live in the water like baby mermaids... in the evening, going for a bike ride through a fisherman's village...dodging lazy frogs hopping across a red-dirt path... and finally at night, looking up at a sky so clear you think you can see the galaxy.

2 comments:

atul said...

Hi Piya,
Met you at Chavvi's get together a few weeks back. Just thought i'd drop in a line as i thought the ABCD lady maz is a pretty cool concept.
later
atul

Piya said...

Hi Atul, it was great meeting you at Chhavi's... and nice to 'see' you again on the blog! piya