Tea-Time Therapy

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Divya (email)

Things are never quite as scary when you've got a best friend.
Calvin:

Tea-time therapy: Mumbai, India; Everyone makes mistakes. Even two women, who have read everything ever published, drafted, dreamt and even made up, when it comes to advice on relationships. We listened. We took notes. We tried to look away when we got hurt, but it didnt help. Our emails, our chats, our thoughts are geared towards cheering each other up. Even when we know, it won't work. The point here is to jump with unabashed joy (a rare phenomenon), sigh under depression, whine like never before, bitch like it's getting out of fashion and just use a much needed brainwashing device (as literal as it gets) ...be the patient listener; obliging partner for the daily cutting sessions at the local tapri