{"id":4035,"date":"2009-11-21T09:39:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-21T04:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=3568"},"modified":"2009-11-21T09:39:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-21T04:09:00","slug":"complicity-and-a-bond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/complicity-and-a-bond\/","title":{"rendered":"Complicity\u2014and a Bond"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, sitting in a doctor’s waiting room, I read a short story by Julian Barnes<\/a> on my e71 in which I rather liked the following paragraph:<\/p>\n

\n

I used the word “complicity” a bit ago. I like the word. To me, it indicates an unspoken understanding between two people, a kind of pre-sense, if you like. The first hint that you may be suited, before the nervous trudgery of finding out whether you “share the same interests,” or have the same metabolism, or are sexually compatible, or both want children, or however it is that we argue consciously about our unconscious decisions. Later, looking back, we will fetishize and celebrate the first date, the first kiss, the first holiday together, but what really counts is what happened before this public story: that moment, more of pulse than of thought, which goes, Yes, perhaps her, and Yes, perhaps him.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As I read, an incoming SMS made my phone beep. I ignored it till I finished the story, and then I opened the SMS that I reproduce for you here:<\/p>\n

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From VM 53131<\/p>\n

Will your Friendship turn into Love? To know the answer Sms BOND (Ur Friends Name) to 53131 e.g. BOND RANI. Rs.3\/Sms<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Isn’t it just horrible that more people read VM 53131 than Barnes?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, sitting in a doctor’s waiting room, I read a short story by Julian Barnes<\/a> on my e71 in which I rather liked the following paragraph:<\/p>\n

\n

I used the word “complicity” a bit ago. I like the word. To me, it indicates an unspoken understanding between two people, a kind of pre-sense, if you like. The first hint that you may be suited, before the nervous trudgery of finding out whether you “share the same interests,” or have the same metabolism, or are sexually compatible, or both want children, or however it is that we argue consciously about our unconscious decisions. Later, looking back, we will fetishize and celebrate the first date, the first kiss, the first holiday together, but what really counts is what happened before this public story: that moment, more of pulse than of thought, which goes, Yes, perhaps her, and Yes, perhaps him.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As I read, an incoming SMS made my phone beep. I ignored it till I finished the story, and then I opened the SMS that I reproduce for you here:<\/p>\n

\n

From VM 53131<\/p>\n

Will your Friendship turn into Love? To know the answer Sms BOND (Ur Friends Name) to 53131 e.g. BOND RANI. Rs.3\/Sms<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Isn’t it just horrible that more people read VM 53131 than Barnes?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nComplicity\u2014and a Bond - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/complicity-and-a-bond\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Complicity\u2014and a Bond - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yesterday, sitting in a doctor’s waiting room, I read a short story by Julian Barnes on my e71 in which I rather liked the following paragraph: I used the word “complicity” a bit ago. I like the word. 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