Skendha Singh
@skendhasingh.bsky.social
Writer | Creative Nonfiction | Walking & Wondering
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Sorry I didn't revert earlier. We can DM over Twitter (which really sounds better). I'm on the same ID - skendhasingh :)
Sorry I didn't revert earlier. We can DM over Twitter (which really sounds better). I'm on the same ID - skendhasingh :)
November 6, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Hey
Sorry I didn't revert earlier. We can DM over Twitter (which really sounds better). I'm on the same ID - skendhasingh :)
Sorry I didn't revert earlier. We can DM over Twitter (which really sounds better). I'm on the same ID - skendhasingh :)
I’m Indian, a writer, and quite attuned to cultural nuance — I’d be happy to help review your webcomic when you’re ready. Happy to chat :)
October 30, 2025 at 6:52 AM
I’m Indian, a writer, and quite attuned to cultural nuance — I’d be happy to help review your webcomic when you’re ready. Happy to chat :)
Right? I miss his songs "Kale Kale false..." I miss all of it.
August 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Right? I miss his songs "Kale Kale false..." I miss all of it.
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We must turn corners in the city—often, on foot.
We must live in it, walk with it.
A city is not an animal to be muzzled, drawn, and quartered.
We must turn corners in the city—often, on foot.
We must live in it, walk with it.
A city is not an animal to be muzzled, drawn, and quartered.
August 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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We must turn corners in the city—often, on foot.
We must live in it, walk with it.
A city is not an animal to be muzzled, drawn, and quartered.
We must turn corners in the city—often, on foot.
We must live in it, walk with it.
A city is not an animal to be muzzled, drawn, and quartered.
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The friction over street dogs is the latest example.
We don’t want animals. We don’t want vendors.
We forgot about the falsay & its seller.
We want a city without friction, without surprise—
a sterile algorithm brought to life.
The friction over street dogs is the latest example.
We don’t want animals. We don’t want vendors.
We forgot about the falsay & its seller.
We want a city without friction, without surprise—
a sterile algorithm brought to life.
August 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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The friction over street dogs is the latest example.
We don’t want animals. We don’t want vendors.
We forgot about the falsay & its seller.
We want a city without friction, without surprise—
a sterile algorithm brought to life.
The friction over street dogs is the latest example.
We don’t want animals. We don’t want vendors.
We forgot about the falsay & its seller.
We want a city without friction, without surprise—
a sterile algorithm brought to life.
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“The successful city is unfiltered. It embraces a breadth of imagination from the counter-cultural and the non-conformist,” writes Albert Read.
Indian cities were once just that. Alive with chances.
Now, we fight to render them lifeless.
“The successful city is unfiltered. It embraces a breadth of imagination from the counter-cultural and the non-conformist,” writes Albert Read.
Indian cities were once just that. Alive with chances.
Now, we fight to render them lifeless.
August 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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“The successful city is unfiltered. It embraces a breadth of imagination from the counter-cultural and the non-conformist,” writes Albert Read.
Indian cities were once just that. Alive with chances.
Now, we fight to render them lifeless.
“The successful city is unfiltered. It embraces a breadth of imagination from the counter-cultural and the non-conformist,” writes Albert Read.
Indian cities were once just that. Alive with chances.
Now, we fight to render them lifeless.
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We want to shrink the city’s living tangle into its bureaucracies.
No street animals. No peddlers. No bursts of color.
Only what we can zone, brand, and parade.
We’re building structures that anonymize our lives.
Not enough to be human—now we must live as data sets.
We want to shrink the city’s living tangle into its bureaucracies.
No street animals. No peddlers. No bursts of color.
Only what we can zone, brand, and parade.
We’re building structures that anonymize our lives.
Not enough to be human—now we must live as data sets.
August 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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We want to shrink the city’s living tangle into its bureaucracies.
No street animals. No peddlers. No bursts of color.
Only what we can zone, brand, and parade.
We’re building structures that anonymize our lives.
Not enough to be human—now we must live as data sets.
We want to shrink the city’s living tangle into its bureaucracies.
No street animals. No peddlers. No bursts of color.
Only what we can zone, brand, and parade.
We’re building structures that anonymize our lives.
Not enough to be human—now we must live as data sets.
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The loss isn’t just ecological. It’s cultural.
I miss the colorful walls and ornate doors like in my nani's home, Indian motifs that sought blessings. Today, they're replaced by the clean-girl aesthetic where it's affordable.
What doesn't conform is garbage. And someone else's problem.
The loss isn’t just ecological. It’s cultural.
I miss the colorful walls and ornate doors like in my nani's home, Indian motifs that sought blessings. Today, they're replaced by the clean-girl aesthetic where it's affordable.
What doesn't conform is garbage. And someone else's problem.
August 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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The loss isn’t just ecological. It’s cultural.
I miss the colorful walls and ornate doors like in my nani's home, Indian motifs that sought blessings. Today, they're replaced by the clean-girl aesthetic where it's affordable.
What doesn't conform is garbage. And someone else's problem.
The loss isn’t just ecological. It’s cultural.
I miss the colorful walls and ornate doors like in my nani's home, Indian motifs that sought blessings. Today, they're replaced by the clean-girl aesthetic where it's affordable.
What doesn't conform is garbage. And someone else's problem.
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Now, our cities are pockmarked with islands of heat.
Concrete traps heat. Glass magnifies it.
Then we trap ourselves in air-conditioned towers to escape the consequences of our own making, having stocked up on farm-to-table foods & cotton clothes.
That’s climate absurdity—dressed as modernity.
Now, our cities are pockmarked with islands of heat.
Concrete traps heat. Glass magnifies it.
Then we trap ourselves in air-conditioned towers to escape the consequences of our own making, having stocked up on farm-to-table foods & cotton clothes.
That’s climate absurdity—dressed as modernity.
August 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Now, our cities are pockmarked with islands of heat.
Concrete traps heat. Glass magnifies it.
Then we trap ourselves in air-conditioned towers to escape the consequences of our own making, having stocked up on farm-to-table foods & cotton clothes.
That’s climate absurdity—dressed as modernity.
Now, our cities are pockmarked with islands of heat.
Concrete traps heat. Glass magnifies it.
Then we trap ourselves in air-conditioned towers to escape the consequences of our own making, having stocked up on farm-to-table foods & cotton clothes.
That’s climate absurdity—dressed as modernity.
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Like Jane Jacobs, I see the city as a living organism.
Growing up, I lived in places where seasons changed:
where flute sellers’ music echoed through alleys, summers arrived with the falsay seller’s songs.
We shared lives in & with the city—instead of just taking up space.
Like Jane Jacobs, I see the city as a living organism.
Growing up, I lived in places where seasons changed:
where flute sellers’ music echoed through alleys, summers arrived with the falsay seller’s songs.
We shared lives in & with the city—instead of just taking up space.
August 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Like Jane Jacobs, I see the city as a living organism.
Growing up, I lived in places where seasons changed:
where flute sellers’ music echoed through alleys, summers arrived with the falsay seller’s songs.
We shared lives in & with the city—instead of just taking up space.
Like Jane Jacobs, I see the city as a living organism.
Growing up, I lived in places where seasons changed:
where flute sellers’ music echoed through alleys, summers arrived with the falsay seller’s songs.
We shared lives in & with the city—instead of just taking up space.