D*SPLACED

I eat wraps and pretend they are frankies, I eat black beans and Mexican rice and pretend they are rajmah chawal, I eat dumplings and pretend they are samosas, just a continent away, a lifetime away…
- Madhumita Iyengar, Bombay-LA-SF

When I stand on the California sands and look at the ocean and the Los Angeles skyline, for a minute, I wonder if I’m at Marine Drive, I can almost smell paan and hear the familiar whirr of rickshaws…You can take the girl out of Bombay but not Bombay out of the girl.

- Madhumita Iyengar, Bombay-LA-SF