Revisiting Arrival

Reflections on time and agency

Oct 1 • 

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January 2025

Books I read in 2024

...and two years of Chai Masala

Jan 8 • 

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July 2024

Part II - On staring at the abyss and figuring out how to spend our time on earth

Using technology to live true(r) to my values

Jul 12, 2024 • 

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January 2024

Seeing like Shah Rukh

On Jawan, Pathaan, Dunki, and a theory of the Indian state

Jan 14, 2024 • 

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December 2023

Books I read in 2023

...and one year of Chai Masala

Dec 29, 2023 • 

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August 2023

Part I - On staring at the abyss and figuring out how to spend our time on earth

I didn’t expect to ever write a life advice-y piece here, and especially not this soon in the overall lifespan of this newsletter.

Aug 6, 2023 • 

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June 2023

My Goodbye to All That

Reflections on leaving New York

Jun 13, 2023 • 

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May 2023

Diaspora Blues

Repost from the archives

May 26, 2023 • 

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March 2023

Walking the length of Manhattan (Part 3)

From 50th Street to Battery Park

Mar 25, 2023 • 

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Walking the length of Manhattan (Part 2)

From 175th Street to 50th Street

Mar 7, 2023 • 

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January 2023

Walking the length of Manhattan (Part 1)

I had envisaged this would be a simple, single post, its bounds as clear as those of Manhattan. However, once I started writing and was 1,000 words into…

Jan 29, 2023 • 

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Books I read in 2022

I am not usually one to set myself hard, quantifiable goals and try to stick with them.

Jan 16, 2023 • 

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