NONEND

This book was inspired by a journey I took between Los Angeles, London and Bangalore. I was going from LA to London and then a day later I was to leave for India. Unfortunately due to bad weather my flight was delayed for eight hours resulting in me missing my connecting flight to London. After four days, ten stops and countless hours of waiting in yet another airport (without a shower), I finally arrived in Bangalore without my luggage.

The sameness of the airports across three countries, the impersonal service, never ending queues, endless announcements and the constant security checks (retina and full body scan included) made me realise "The passenger through non-places retrieves his identity only at Customs... [ ] Meanwhile, he obeys the same code as others, receives the same messages, responds to the same entreaties. The space of non-space creates neither singular identity nor relations; only solitude and similitude" (Marc Auge, Non-Places). My solitude in the various airports highlighted this de-humanisation, alienation and production line treatment of people at the airport.