Parth Vasa
Bio
Stories
To Mars And Back
From East Village about cbgb, dive bars, dives, gentrification, In Search of Lost Time, mars bar, Old New York, punk scene, Restaurants and Bars, Sweet and SourPublished on: 08/02/2011
Parth Vasa is an Indian writer living in New York City for the last seven years. He writes software for a living and short fiction, narrative non-fiction, and short screenplays to make that living worthwhile.
His writing has appeared in online publications such as Narrative, Mr Beller's Neighborhood and Pluck Magazine.
Back then, I lived alone in a terrible apartment on the Upper West Side. I was twenty-six. After five years of shitty roommates, I’d decided to suck up the cost and make a go of it. The rent was $467 a month. This was actual money in 1985, which might be why I still remember […]
Harlem Superstar: DJ Hollywood & the Birth of Hip-Hop This year the world is celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip-hop culture. While it includes elements of break dancing and graffiti, most people’s first thoughts about the genre go to the rappers and DJs behind the music. It has been written that the soundtrack to the […]
It was quite an operation. Lookouts on walkie-talkies patrolled the roofline, and a scout on a bike pedaled up and down the block, combing 7th Street between Avenues B and C. A guy in a ski mask stood guard at an open window on one of the apartment building’s upper floors, ready to service the […]
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