2023-05-05: “I think I have the right to be able to see myself differently from how others see me, to see …
2023-05-05: 🪽🪽🪽
2023-05-05: somewhere near the geneva lake…
2023-05-05: i don’t always feel like writing captions. scenes from landour! :)
2023-05-05: how cool is it to have an amazing korean cafe next to your house? :) my favourite dishes from kairos …
2023-04-15: #15: Silicon is NOT an existential constraint on modern civilisation I love this excerpt from Vaclav Smil’s fab book “How the World Really Works”, which is effectively …
2023-02-03: What’s Landour without our Clock Tower? “Good morning, Mussourie!” greets its …
2023-01-15: #14: "a good library is filled with mostly unread books" This, by Scottish cartoonist and illustrator Tom Gauld, is so good. And accurate. (Source) Reminded …
2023-01-15: #13: questions to ask before giving up Source
2023-01-13: #12: montaigne and the invention of “personal essay” I am reading Sarah Bakewell’s book “How To Live” which may sound like yet another self-help book but …
2023-01-13: #11: why india does not have a personal essay culture This posts follows on from the previous one: “why personal essays matter”. Why is there no Indian …
2023-01-13: #10: why personal essays matter I love reading thoughtfully written personal essays, but they are hard to find in India: there is no …
2023-01-13: oh my. gulmarg feels heavenly. i love winters! ❄️
2023-01-11: Hello from Kashmir! ❄️😇
2023-01-11: #9: reading quotes Ongoing collection of quotes on reading. I will keep adding. Franz Kafka: “I think we ought to …
2023-01-11: #8: everyday communication goals I won’t start emails with “hope you are doing well” — feels robotic. I …
2023-01-10: #7: The 800th lifetime I am currently writing a private memo (that is a note for myself) to think through what it would …
2023-01-10: #6: "adolescence is the only period in which we learn anything" Amazon said it would take ten days to deliver Elif Batuman’s The Idiot, the book I have wanted …
2023-01-10: #5: i hate instant messaging One wants to know if I am still around in the city and available to meet. One wants to know if …
2023-01-10: #4: the want to write. but why? It’s 11 am. It’s the last day of the year. I just had a cup of black coffee. And a three-egg …
2023-01-10: #3: fighting the information-bullshit-entertainment complex Seven years of journalism and the crisis my profession is facing — everyone loves to hate “the …
2023-01-09: #2: "reading is first and foremost non-reading" Read this?
2023-01-09: #1: why I am here Hello, world! This is my first post on my new microblog-hosted blog. A quick post on why I am using …