Sunday, January 30th, 2005
Sorry for the interruption
This is to say Kamath’s Café is still open. Sorry for the unannounced break and thank you for popping in. I owe you an explanation. So here it is: in the third week of December, shortly after the last piece appeared, Atul Kasbekar, who is a friend and business partner, was invited to make a short film for the Kala Ghoda Festival. Five photographers were being invited by the Festival organizers to make a film around the theme ‘music in cinema’.
Atul asked me if I would take a stab at writing the film. We tossed a few ideas around, latched on to two of them, decided we would flesh out both and take a final call. Along the way, a third concept emerged, it seemed stronger than the other two and Atul said to work out the script. Then, Atul left for Goa on holiday and I left for Vapi on work. Work continued over the phone and email. Atul would leave the cozy confines of his hotel or beach chair to go look for a cybercafe and check mail twice a day.
By the time Atul returned from Goa, it was my turn to head there for a friend’s wedding. It was my turn to hunt for cybercafes amid the many shacks, restaurants and tavernas of sunny Goa. Do unto others and all that.
With the script in place, I prepared to take an afternoon off in Goa and contemplated filing my column from the local cybercafe.