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NewYork2NewDelhi

NewYork2NewDelhi

By Shubhra P

After 21 years I will move back to India. I was a teenager when my family emigrated to the Silicon Valley. I leave New York in
December 2018. Chronicles of this change is this podcast. Episodes are recorded during travel on different modes of transportation, beginning with the G that connects Brooklyn and Queens.
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NewYork2NewDelhi • By Shubhra P • Jul 04, 2021

00:00
02:59
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Not Done Here
Not Done Here
This is just really bad audio ... A train to Bklyn
01:52
December 05, 2022
Baggage claim JFK
Baggage claim JFK
feels
01:24
September 11, 2022
There's no one here... for now
There's no one here... for now
Easiest check-in ever.
03:18
September 11, 2022
चंदा रे
चंदा रे
The moon and clouds from a window at home.
02:59
August 10, 2022
Narita
Narita
Making peace with the layover at Narita.
02:18
June 22, 2022
Diddi rukna nahi hai! (Sister, we are not stopping)
Diddi rukna nahi hai! (Sister, we are not stopping)
The title are the words of the 15 year old guide Arun who accompanied me on the trek to Triund. Weeks after this experience I feel the need to go even higher and to the next trek. Arun was an excellent guide and a very bright young man from Dharamkot.
01:60
June 04, 2022
Durga Saptashati
Durga Saptashati
The protection and power of the 700 shlokas of the Goddess
08:37
April 11, 2022
No Award. Yes Faith. Wow Troy Kotsur
No Award. Yes Faith. Wow Troy Kotsur
Keep walking, keep working and never give up.
02:45
April 01, 2022
solo play and happy feeling
solo play and happy feeling
making a record of whenever I feel happy and light and calm ... when I do what I promised myself.
02:44
March 27, 2022
Another great day
Another great day
I want to remember great days. I want to remember who I am on great days. Creative process is the key for me.
05:45
March 21, 2022
Need to head back
Need to head back
when you know you need to do something
00:39
March 12, 2022
Spring
Spring
Trying to listen to spring
02:33
March 12, 2022
Humble
Humble
Once again to the Mission Peak.
06:26
March 12, 2022
Good two days
Good two days
I want to remember how these past two weekend days made me feel happy because I was productive, I gave my 100% attention to things I wanted to do. I was exhausted in a good way.
05:17
February 08, 2022
Happy New Year
Happy New Year
daring to go a little further may show you a new path that takes you exactly where you need to be.
01:08
January 01, 2022
Simply Happy
Simply Happy
Lucky to have the friends I do.
04:42
December 21, 2021
Left 2018 Dec 12. Back 2022 Dec 12.
Left 2018 Dec 12. Back 2022 Dec 12.
coincidence with those dates
04:33
December 21, 2021
Hike start. MICHAEL is gone.
Hike start. MICHAEL is gone.
First bit from start of a hike, never recorded the top ... forgot. Second is with news of Michael gone ... I will never forget him, our Walter Kaufmann.
09:27
December 10, 2021
Warm Monterey November
Warm Monterey November
Do nothing. Say nothing. Just wait.
06:59
November 07, 2021
Mission Peak
Mission Peak
More cow moos and less drone please
02:34
October 30, 2021
Visiting the Pacific Ocean
Visiting the Pacific Ocean
Been in the bay since July and had not come by to Ocean Beach in SF. Also first visit to SF this visit. October, I'm here with water touching my feet.
06:11
October 17, 2021
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
I don't want to forget
03:09
August 20, 2021
Home and Gold.
Home and Gold.
Back home. India at the Olympics
07:33
August 10, 2021
Hey Bay
Hey Bay
Social distancing on a full flight?? Say what ?
13:34
July 23, 2021
Pangot
Pangot
Clouds and mountains play here. Unfortunately the kind of people you want to avoid end up in the place you arrive in.
06:56
July 20, 2021
Headache
Headache
Blasting rain after a hot humid week is what is needed all the time.  Going to the bay soon. 
02:59
July 04, 2021
Rain Love
Rain Love
Rain. New friends. Next Phase
11:31
June 12, 2021
Disconnected
Disconnected
The world as I know it is one disconnected mess. Photo is of a bookhouse I created using recycled wood I've been collecting.
27:33
May 03, 2021
Covid sick
Covid sick
I have Covid
09:22
April 23, 2021
i n c o h e r e n t
i n c o h e r e n t
Some shitty self-doubt
06:05
April 08, 2021
Most Theatre Ever Morning
Most Theatre Ever Morning
Writing Acting Directing Theatre Festival... most theatre ever.
01:33
March 09, 2021
Thank you cricket 🏏 💕
Thank you cricket 🏏 💕
so .. basically I don't think anything has united Indians in the recent past as much as this victory.... also Dravid definitely groomed the youth that brought the victory. #teamIndia #cricket #indvsaus #dravid
08:16
January 20, 2021
If you want to go far ...
If you want to go far ...
the temptation that is attention.
08:14
December 07, 2020
"How do I describe you ?"
"How do I describe you ?"
How do I describe me ? I thought
15:21
November 26, 2020
Pre Play Reading
Pre Play Reading
Fontwala is getting its first reading tonight for my ears and for some creative friends whose feedback I value. Nervous excited and looking forward to it a lot.
10:31
September 27, 2020
to bleed in peace.
to bleed in peace.
I get worked up in this one, but I whole-heartedly believe we need these conversations. 
12:08
August 10, 2020
Lightening
Lightening
continuous light show from the sky with almost no sound. somewhere it is thundering but we don't hear it... till much later.  Also sorry about audio in the last episode, got jacked up in the middle ... ugh. The episode image is actually that brief clip from a video of lightening at midnight. 
02:06
July 19, 2020
Morning rain
Morning rain
rain surprise. you wish it rains for days and then in the middle of the night it arrives ... waking up to rain.  
06:55
July 18, 2020
“people should just worry about the country they are living in “ ??!!!
“people should just worry about the country they are living in “ ??!!!
The lockdown in India is opening up. The cases are rising and #blacklivesmatter is rising and rising in the United States. Here is some reflection about what solidarity means when you are far from the country you've lived most of your life in.  
15:52
June 10, 2020
Ya ok hiccups and here is June 1, 2020
Ya ok hiccups and here is June 1, 2020
Watch things grow.  
20:45
June 01, 2020
Morning Mor
Morning Mor
Hmm, it may have been a koyal afterall. It was still nice to hear in the morning.
08:48
May 16, 2020
ब्रह्म मुहुर्त (brahm muhurt)
ब्रह्म मुहुर्त (brahm muhurt)
The time before the sun rises. I wake up at that time nowadays.  Recounting what the last two months have been about.  
16:42
May 13, 2020
Two months of lockdown
Two months of lockdown
Two months have passed since the lockdown was announced in India. More detailed episodes coming soon. I will be foregoing the requirement of recording only on transportation modes, as I have all the episodes in the past, due to the limitations of these strange times.  
08:54
May 08, 2020
Rumors & Riots
Rumors & Riots
a recent incident, we gotta keep it together amongst all this hatred. 
06:19
March 05, 2020
On Stage Tomorrow
On Stage Tomorrow
I am excited about performing.  
11:44
February 25, 2020
Back on the slow metro line
Back on the slow metro line
The exciting last weekends of 2019. The one main lesson from the year. Image from the festive Bengali market where I was headed for a meeting.
12:03
December 31, 2019
SundayWhatsUpSoMuchToDoAlready
SundayWhatsUpSoMuchToDoAlready
one week since back  been sick  been working been hustlin' what is a sunday
05:16
December 08, 2019
Oak Hollow Terrace
Oak Hollow Terrace
this is the street of our home in California.  My parents live here.  I am leaving it again.  I have visited many times and left it so many times.  
29:41
November 30, 2019
Structure. NaNoWrimo. Charlie Kaufmann.
Structure. NaNoWrimo. Charlie Kaufmann.
Breakthrough with play structure.  Charlie Kaufmann as my inspiration for NaNoWrimo 
14:12
November 27, 2019
New BART
New BART
new station changes to what used to be an every day commute a few years back.  warm springs is the new last station.  no more sleeping till the last station, which was home.  
07:06
November 07, 2019
San Francisco on a clear day.
San Francisco on a clear day.
In the bay area this month, happen to visit San Francisco and find a clear day. blue sky. no fog. Was there to watch a rehearsal. I always find a theatre and I am happy I was there to eventually find my way into a theatre.  
07:11
November 04, 2019
sleepy.flight.translated plays
sleepy.flight.translated plays
unplanned delhi to cali trip #life
06:00
October 23, 2019
O N E
O N E
Happy birthday to this podcast adventure :)
12:60
October 21, 2019
Surprise ! Marriage is not for everyone.
Surprise ! Marriage is not for everyone.
The unfortunate pairings
03:10
October 19, 2019
Guddopur / past Faizabad
Guddopur / past Faizabad
back and forth, does it help ?
06:37
October 19, 2019
Charbagh
Charbagh
Trying to get on the bus to Faizabad / Ayodhya.
02:32
October 19, 2019
was actually Dharamkot.
was actually Dharamkot.
Short but much needed respite in the mountains. I thought I was exclusively a beach person, Dharamkot let me witness the beauty of mountains.
09:38
October 16, 2019
Little Lhasa
Little Lhasa
first solo trip in India. The bus was definitely not as rackety as it sounds.
08:10
October 16, 2019
Ramleela
Ramleela
I’m in one !
14:24
September 28, 2019
K 10/5
K 10/5
My unhealthy levels of addiction with nostalgia manifesting.
07:30
September 23, 2019
Kolkata bound : take 2
Kolkata bound : take 2
Picking it up after supposedly losing last recording and then finding it and still posting both episodes.
07:53
September 23, 2019
Kolkata bound : first take
Kolkata bound : first take
On my way to Kolkata for performing in a play.
08:42
September 23, 2019
Doon back to Delhi
Doon back to Delhi
Absent for two months, back with new epiphanies
12:30
July 01, 2019
Boo, phone woes and rep
Boo, phone woes and rep
Rep.
07:39
April 15, 2019
Airport metro and the inner dialogue.
Airport metro and the inner dialogue.
Communications with the subconcious on board the airport metro.
07:59
February 17, 2019
Quick Taxi
Quick Taxi
I am just amused by the really outdated music
00:53
February 05, 2019
Old Nabe on rickshaw
Old Nabe on rickshaw
Passing by the old neighborhood, the one from 21 yrs ago.
02:22
January 29, 2019
Emotional studies
Emotional studies
Singapore. Mumbai. Discovery while rehearsing for a play. #plane
17:26
January 28, 2019
Train
Train
Goodbye 2018. Actual date of publishing Dec 29, 2018
09:59
December 29, 2018
Auto
Auto
It's loud.
07:41
December 28, 2018
Take off
Take off
As the flight is about to take off from JFK NYC NY the city
11:34
December 11, 2018
I am not sad
I am not sad
I am exhausted. I refuse to spend time packing anymore. Yes to ice skating. Yes to the movie at The Metrograph. Yes to friends. Procrastinate the packing and that's ok.
07:12
December 08, 2018
Parting from things
Parting from things
Things. Things over six years that must be done away with. Because only two bags allowed on this flight. Therefore FML.
08:05
December 08, 2018
BART. Parallel world of smog.
BART. Parallel world of smog.
Post this recording I witnessed my fellow passenger sell pot to another passenger on the BART. The sale didn't go through because they didn't have the money he wanted. But that is not part of the episode. To know what is... Just listen.
17:02
November 09, 2018
The G. The walk. The swim. The sea.
The G. The walk. The swim. The sea.
We begin on the G. Sunday morning. Brooklyn to Queens.
08:52
October 21, 2018