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A wedding under the Kanchenjunga: Photo Album
Pictures for words
Jan 11
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Shying Away
I want the praise but I don't know what to do with it
Dec 21, 2025
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'Remember that time...?'
Memories from Monsoons
Oct 24, 2025
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All that One Could do with Stardom
On Robert Redford (1936-2025)
Oct 1, 2025
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Reading: The Bear S4
On trusting the process
Aug 31, 2025
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Reading: The White Lotus S3
For Rick and Chelsea
Apr 19, 2025
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Reading: The Bear S3
That’s how the light gets in
Jan 26, 2025
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Reading: All We Imagine as Light
Riding the Mumbai storm
Dec 13, 2024
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Reading: Ghachar Ghochar
On first-person narrative
Oct 6, 2024
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Reading: One Hundred Years of Solitude
What is this book about? Where are rainbows located? Who makes our dreams?
Jan 27, 2024
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Reading: 'Black River' by Nilanjana S. Roy
This is not a critique or a review of the book. This is my response to an important story from the peri-urban spaces around the metropolitan cities of…
Aug 20, 2023
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Reading: Anora
Being transactional is a raw deal
Jul 30, 2025
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The Street Teaches You
Growing up in a Bangalore neighbourhood
Jun 29, 2025
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Reading: Chameli ki Shaadi
On the time factor
Jun 6, 2025
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