Peter Griffin
@zigzackly.bsky.social
Developing writer. Aspiring artist.
https://zigzackly.blogspot.com
Caretaker: @caferati.bsky.social, @poetryinparks.bsky.social, @thegoaproject.bsky.social
He/him/they/them
https://zigzackly.blogspot.com
Caretaker: @caferati.bsky.social, @poetryinparks.bsky.social, @thegoaproject.bsky.social
He/him/they/them
Quick lunch at the studio before getting into the recording booth.
November 26, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Quick lunch at the studio before getting into the recording booth.
This feels… weird. I am accustomed to being the interviewer, not the interviewed. But here we are.
Old pal Menka Shivdasani will be steering this chat about poetry, community, the commons, reclaiming public spaces, and much else.
Come, if Sanpada is accessible for you.
Please share with friends.
Old pal Menka Shivdasani will be steering this chat about poetry, community, the commons, reclaiming public spaces, and much else.
Come, if Sanpada is accessible for you.
Please share with friends.
November 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This feels… weird. I am accustomed to being the interviewer, not the interviewed. But here we are.
Old pal Menka Shivdasani will be steering this chat about poetry, community, the commons, reclaiming public spaces, and much else.
Come, if Sanpada is accessible for you.
Please share with friends.
Old pal Menka Shivdasani will be steering this chat about poetry, community, the commons, reclaiming public spaces, and much else.
Come, if Sanpada is accessible for you.
Please share with friends.
Microwave scrambled egg.
Beat 1 egg with pinch of salt, pepper to taste, tsp water, tbs milk. Add slivers of cheese, stir. Smear bowl with butter. Sprinkle thyme around the bowl. Add batter. Microwave for 1 minute. If there is still liquid in the bowl, microwave in 10-second increments till done.
Beat 1 egg with pinch of salt, pepper to taste, tsp water, tbs milk. Add slivers of cheese, stir. Smear bowl with butter. Sprinkle thyme around the bowl. Add batter. Microwave for 1 minute. If there is still liquid in the bowl, microwave in 10-second increments till done.
November 19, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Microwave scrambled egg.
Beat 1 egg with pinch of salt, pepper to taste, tsp water, tbs milk. Add slivers of cheese, stir. Smear bowl with butter. Sprinkle thyme around the bowl. Add batter. Microwave for 1 minute. If there is still liquid in the bowl, microwave in 10-second increments till done.
Beat 1 egg with pinch of salt, pepper to taste, tsp water, tbs milk. Add slivers of cheese, stir. Smear bowl with butter. Sprinkle thyme around the bowl. Add batter. Microwave for 1 minute. If there is still liquid in the bowl, microwave in 10-second increments till done.
Who knew Cloudflare would be our messiah.
November 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Who knew Cloudflare would be our messiah.
Forlorn postbox losing the battle against d’v’lopment.
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Forlorn postbox losing the battle against d’v’lopment.
Khar station: swanky exteriors, clean and well-maintained platforms, but step outside and you’re navigating around recumbent cows and mounds of fresh cow dung.
November 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Khar station: swanky exteriors, clean and well-maintained platforms, but step outside and you’re navigating around recumbent cows and mounds of fresh cow dung.
Eating out in Nariman Point.
November 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Eating out in Nariman Point.
November 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
November 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
How revolutionary! A railway station with ample seating for those who might want to rest their feet while waiting for a train!
(Vadala Road.)
#BomSky
(Vadala Road.)
#BomSky
November 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
How revolutionary! A railway station with ample seating for those who might want to rest their feet while waiting for a train!
(Vadala Road.)
#BomSky
(Vadala Road.)
#BomSky
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Good advice from the Harbour Line. (Vadala Road.)
![A photograph of a railway station platform. Above the heads of people waiting, and a local train which has just pulled in, we see the indicator, which says:
10 [the 3: before it is obscured by a pillar] GO SLOW.
[GO is the station code for Goregaon.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tzdheqgohnk3ygtkw2fpsiw4/bafkreiavegvr32b67spmf2fzfrexzkaz5l4yycjw2pqsomw2r6gp3ygsse@jpeg)
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Good advice from the Harbour Line. (Vadala Road.)
November 4, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Some years ago, I succumbed and temporarily set up one of those secret message things.
Got mostly spam, one confession of a crush (gratifying, but useless info), and this delight, which I saved.
Fathima is a comic genius and I would sign them up for a book contract.
Got mostly spam, one confession of a crush (gratifying, but useless info), and this delight, which I saved.
Fathima is a comic genius and I would sign them up for a book contract.
November 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Some years ago, I succumbed and temporarily set up one of those secret message things.
Got mostly spam, one confession of a crush (gratifying, but useless info), and this delight, which I saved.
Fathima is a comic genius and I would sign them up for a book contract.
Got mostly spam, one confession of a crush (gratifying, but useless info), and this delight, which I saved.
Fathima is a comic genius and I would sign them up for a book contract.
For your kind attention.
(Can’t remember where I saved this from.)
(Can’t remember where I saved this from.)
November 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
For your kind attention.
(Can’t remember where I saved this from.)
(Can’t remember where I saved this from.)
Oh, another one from my archives.
October 31, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Oh, another one from my archives.
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who, or Transformers.
(Something I drew inspired by a little bedtime story @nilanjanaroy.bsky.social made up for @masalabai.bsky.social’s child a couple of years ago.)
(Something I drew inspired by a little bedtime story @nilanjanaroy.bsky.social made up for @masalabai.bsky.social’s child a couple of years ago.)
October 31, 2025 at 7:37 AM
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who, or Transformers.
(Something I drew inspired by a little bedtime story @nilanjanaroy.bsky.social made up for @masalabai.bsky.social’s child a couple of years ago.)
(Something I drew inspired by a little bedtime story @nilanjanaroy.bsky.social made up for @masalabai.bsky.social’s child a couple of years ago.)
Best business book
A Fly on the RBI Wall, Alpana Killawala
Ratan Tata: A Life, Thomas Mathew
The Money Trap, Alok Sama
Long list included:
Sky High, Tarun Shukla
The Johnson and Johnson Files, Kaunain Sheriff M.
Will India Get Rich Before It Turns 100?, Prosenjit Datta
A Fly on the RBI Wall, Alpana Killawala
Ratan Tata: A Life, Thomas Mathew
The Money Trap, Alok Sama
Long list included:
Sky High, Tarun Shukla
The Johnson and Johnson Files, Kaunain Sheriff M.
Will India Get Rich Before It Turns 100?, Prosenjit Datta
October 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Best business book
A Fly on the RBI Wall, Alpana Killawala
Ratan Tata: A Life, Thomas Mathew
The Money Trap, Alok Sama
Long list included:
Sky High, Tarun Shukla
The Johnson and Johnson Files, Kaunain Sheriff M.
Will India Get Rich Before It Turns 100?, Prosenjit Datta
A Fly on the RBI Wall, Alpana Killawala
Ratan Tata: A Life, Thomas Mathew
The Money Trap, Alok Sama
Long list included:
Sky High, Tarun Shukla
The Johnson and Johnson Files, Kaunain Sheriff M.
Will India Get Rich Before It Turns 100?, Prosenjit Datta
Non-fiction, best first book
Rama Bhima Soma, Srikar Raghavan
The Lost Heer, Harleen Singh
The Lucky Ones, Zara Chowdhary
Long list included:
City as Memory, Sadaf Wani
India Ink, Poonam Agarwal
Soumitra Chatterjee and His World, Sanghamitra Chakraborty
Rama Bhima Soma, Srikar Raghavan
The Lost Heer, Harleen Singh
The Lucky Ones, Zara Chowdhary
Long list included:
City as Memory, Sadaf Wani
India Ink, Poonam Agarwal
Soumitra Chatterjee and His World, Sanghamitra Chakraborty
October 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Non-fiction, best first book
Rama Bhima Soma, Srikar Raghavan
The Lost Heer, Harleen Singh
The Lucky Ones, Zara Chowdhary
Long list included:
City as Memory, Sadaf Wani
India Ink, Poonam Agarwal
Soumitra Chatterjee and His World, Sanghamitra Chakraborty
Rama Bhima Soma, Srikar Raghavan
The Lost Heer, Harleen Singh
The Lucky Ones, Zara Chowdhary
Long list included:
City as Memory, Sadaf Wani
India Ink, Poonam Agarwal
Soumitra Chatterjee and His World, Sanghamitra Chakraborty
Non-fiction, book of the year
Golwalkar, Dhirendra K Jha
The Identity Project, @rahulabhatia.bsky.social
The Undying Light, Gopalkrishna Gandhi
Long list included
Gods, Guns and Missionaries, Manu S. Pillai
Iconoclast, Anand Teltumbde
The Golden Road, William Dalrymple
Golwalkar, Dhirendra K Jha
The Identity Project, @rahulabhatia.bsky.social
The Undying Light, Gopalkrishna Gandhi
Long list included
Gods, Guns and Missionaries, Manu S. Pillai
Iconoclast, Anand Teltumbde
The Golden Road, William Dalrymple
October 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Non-fiction, book of the year
Golwalkar, Dhirendra K Jha
The Identity Project, @rahulabhatia.bsky.social
The Undying Light, Gopalkrishna Gandhi
Long list included
Gods, Guns and Missionaries, Manu S. Pillai
Iconoclast, Anand Teltumbde
The Golden Road, William Dalrymple
Golwalkar, Dhirendra K Jha
The Identity Project, @rahulabhatia.bsky.social
The Undying Light, Gopalkrishna Gandhi
Long list included
Gods, Guns and Missionaries, Manu S. Pillai
Iconoclast, Anand Teltumbde
The Golden Road, William Dalrymple