The Hero’s Journey
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One of the world’s most persistent narrative tropes is that of the hero’s
journey. The hero, as a boy, bides his time, unaware of his calling, be it
Frodo ...
The Hero’s Journey
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One of the world’s most persistent narrative tropes is that of the hero’s
journey. The hero, as a boy, bides his time, unaware of his calling, be it
Frodo ...
2024 Total Solar Eclipse
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Of all the amazing phenomena of the natural world, total solar eclipses are
my favorite. They are as rare — around one every 100 years at any
particular lo...
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My essay "Understanding The Mind of the Young Indian Voter" appears this
week as the cover story in The Week. It is accompanied by a long interview
with...
Invite - a Zoom chat with David Thomson
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My friend Tipu Purkayastha (whom some of you know from our online video
discussions and the WhatsApp group) has set up an event that I’m excited
about – *...
the birthday post - 36
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36!
The years are going by so fast, I’m trying to keep up.
I hope the years go slower and slower from now on.
I want to craft and live a life that is...
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Pain, sear my soul! Skewer it! Lay it bare! On hissing crimson-coals! Shake
it! Wake it! Make it! Resist! Return! Not Run (in flight)! But Turn (and
fight)...
Raghuram Rajan is Modi's best friend
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Sometimes you need luck on your side. India is exceedingly fortunate that
Narendra Modi brings with him heaps of good luck. In the 6 months that have
been ...
When I visit the cycle shop...
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It has been over 6 months since the cycle was gathering dust. Overcoming
all inertia and procrastination of a lazy Saturday evening, thanks to a
wonderful ...
Shoot Anything
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*The Black and White Edition *has a portentous title, portentous heft, and
a foreword in which Shyam Benegal puts on his best impersonation of a
portentou...
Goodbye!
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I've realized that I have nothing more to say under this particular name. I
think I should stop hiding behind a pseudonym and be courageous enough to
write...
Adieu चवन्नी
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Today India has officially relegated its चवन्नी's as useless bits of small
change
On 18th May 2011 RBI announced the retirement of the good old 25 Paisa
c...
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*Images from the Winter past and other anachronistic stories ..*
*The only thing worse than being talked about, is not being talked about* –
George Bernard...
Uncanny Similarities
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*SUDAN.. or ORISSA..*
I am presently in Sudan (Africa) and have been here for a couple of months
now, and the aspect that strikes me most is the uncanny r...
5 comments:
reaction to point 1. ..check this out .. somehting which i keep thinking about .. the issue to me remains open .....
http://asifkhan.in/blog/choice/
god, that was one stephenhawkingian way of putting this thot across!
i just meant that for most of us (please note that most is not all), there are no choices. we just have the illusion taht we do.
hmm fatalism is appealing
finally your blogging persona has a face!!
and youre quite a young man too :) i was expecting an academic with a white french beard..
this is pankaj..what on earth have u done to your account man? its impossible to post a comment!!!
anonymous comments restrict kar diya? itna popular ho gya blog?
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