Tuesday, May 25, 2004

Inside the Brazen Head

"You got a decent enough do at the brazen head" - James Joyce

I am not Irish.
Not even close.
I am from India, from Bombay, from all those monsoon mornings and sweaty nights wandering the streets.
Thinking about being Stephen Dedalus.
Like she said once.
So, like the Joycean pub, I stand as a repository of characters many, good, small, feeble-statured, given to hyperbole.
And of course, I hear that the design of the Indian flag was in part an expression of solidarity with the Irish people and their struggle against the brits. Who knows?
I am just the brazen head.
Welcome.