Kari

115 Pages·2008·65.784 MB·English

by  Amruta Patil

,,,~f'
A
,<''1•;::;;i~Y ,•·tr.' ·
,. '/;./1~'''' ,1!.,·
J'-,~:~•,~~·· .,.,,,1,<
}',';I ' . ',.1,1 ., .l ~.Y
-~
:!•
/t
amruta patil
.
~
'
i.·;_.
:. ,; __ .... __ :.
t':_.1f ~. ,.,
I • ~;:,
_'.. f ·<i.\,.)_:.{ ~~\, .<
Aoi," .. ,
:~L-U&1·
'A thing of radiant beauty:
witty, smart and swaggering.'
- Neel Mukherjee
They wrre inseparable - until the day
they jumped. Ruth, saved by safety nets,
!raves the city. Kari, saved by a sewer,
crawls back into the fray of living.
With the girls of Crystal Palace ionning
the chorus to her song, Kari explores the
topography of smog city -friendship,
loneliness, sleeper success, death - and
amruta patil
the memory of her absentee Other.
HarperCollins Publishers India
THE Oo!ILE
SO!QOE
~, .'/;tr
' ,I,, II ~ I, II I I
D"T.hsepreit eo s~e ,wl;rosh oo,fl .u.s, ,1, indo+ orne.~ ' ""
.,-e jO;.,J. ,till.
11 L .. L .. of Jupiter, she co.,1/ecl,.
On , tiUf".SC,U"jJ CJ.Uj 1
Look ur. 1here 1..s +k re~1.
loved. jOU Mos+ in -Hie J,o
·- ·-:
··.'-".··---- . ____ __, , ...... ~-::
fi!~f!!j/J~t~,;~;fr ?I~~:
1r-=
====-----
Ji
s:~~:~~~
~:~ktt~~
'I
II ..;a-
!;1~"r~ooa;a,s~':/•
r+. ,;a,s, "~ o..Lross, bil/wi~ on -Hie I,¼, of~
+oo 1.:1-., bu+ b +I. '.'J•, she s+'freJ off -Hie let½•· A (fl,/
M_<J 1
follOi-Jd. her. e er °" e...,; ..sec.onls la.+e +lia.n never, rhone sHII in ~,
r+ is ,J,ft. "f r °" sec. nd. I ' '. i..:fii r+ is
; fl'll)r(-')· rl,'o. ...o.+, ~+ o, se+ a".tP'hl e O f'ClC..e a.J..So-ra.n ,n +l,i..s rn..c.e fo,,.;o.,r(l.) a,,eu., ·. #it
~cl +oo. rec.orJ stnu~kk .I M +l,e one .Jio loved her r,0s-/- ,n
04•KAR.I
11,e bod.J ri~h+s if.self r>1id.a.i,, o.Ji~ns if.self heo.,v'ies+ P°",f- f;,s+. I+ is wi+h +he
heal, +hen, +ho.,+ I r>1us+ r>1ee+ d.ea.,+h, +hou~h if wo.,.s +he hea_,rf- +ho.,+ willed. i+.
f
F:ee_ Jlin~, I r~s bJ o., r>1esh. A ~e~h wi+h he, in if, bouncin~ up ~d, d.own, held.
1--1,+h,n a., rro+ectiv'e c,o.,d,le. You, bu,ld.in~ ho.,d, a., sale-f:J ne+, Ru+h; r>11ne hal none.
KARI• 05
/()lf(U(JIIIYfllllfll1ldf/ ri

1
SOMe reorle a..,e luc1j enou h +o be sa..ved bj +lie Li h+, no suc.h luc.k. for
9 9 rie.
r,st
sa.,Ve.d. bj sewe,, bj +lie stink.in rive, of eff luen+s +hoJ snoles _oorr el
w'~ a., 9
~ 1~h_b~f"hood.,_+ lie ~ne OU, build.in~s OJ/err -Hiei, fo ..c.es f~. I should w~ 1~~(,\ft
wi-ttiin ifs lo.Ji~ coils ruJ oJlaweJ. if +o Jro,..1n Insferul. I c.t"ruJleJ. nf
Me.
f,°'!J·
info -Hie
Out of -Hie sewe, ruJ_i nto lruJfill. . ~
a., a, 1
No+ on~ hrute I suntrved -Hie fo JI in+a..c.+ I even hOJJe r,ie SOPle bJ. of
ou+fi+
in Ne. '
008 • KARI
fA IRYTALE HAIR
S+ill +nulin -f-he sewe,, I s+o.ooe,ed in+o off ice bec.aJJse I Id.
1
rlo.Le ebe +o 10. c.ou ~irt_
of ~
lour- c.lClthe_c;
II f
.Sl'l € UOllj,
I need +o d.~ #iePi
,n a.JI a.mer- f lctc..e.
r"~ -····- ·-:,..
. -... • - _:. ·. ,;:!}':_,~-.. -·· .• .: --i•
..... • -_,-;1, ',. ._ ,_: . _-..:;-,i. ~-! ..•.....,.~ ~- ... -~:... ,.;' ,~--: --.__,.._ -.-:, ..
_,.,,~1f.,&~.w~~:;~•!i.!'.'...J4~~~~~,~r;;?t _-q,,:_;_;, ·;,~ ~~~~,,.::•.,. ~-~,·.::: :.;.._ _' ·--:~~
- • • - ----~--. - 1; ., .. -~\ ... ~ ;~~~,:;,~.~. ~~-'~~~..,~~~-~~--~-~'"!'-,
'+ f
7I"T h e ·inJ,O IJ~h O In Ol"\e I·S Dff'e.S,St·l /e. HU .SIn e_o .I. J1/0t·C .e,S OJ)llI. C.aXef[U / 'r-o'n~v';ernsio~.:h¼ on f.r y fo
The ~iris would. be a, li++fe .sc.a,,ed of Me ¼eJ kne~. I f ~ f sfil/
.snuff he,.self ou+, #ie,e I.S nmin~ .she won+ do. A fc uled. .su,c..td£ 1
f
bec.o.JJse no one eMe,~es it un.sc.a,¼ eJ.
"fOll"t
. f
oersonoJ
\.Jort, on ¼e me, ho..rid., i.s uMifec.+eJ b:1 ¼e wax1n~ cvJ_ wa./ltn~ O I
MDons.
010 • KARI ef: