reminds me of me trying to counsel this person. if you message A again, they may or may not answer. if they dont, you will be hurt. if they do, it could lead to a sequence of events that you get back together. or it could lead to nothing, and you would just be prolonging your agony. if youre back together, things might get back to their old inertia and you might be fighting again.
50 years of Roti Kapada aur Makaan
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*I was asked to write something for the Times of India about 50 years of
Manoj Kumar’s Roti Kapada aur Makaan, and this led me to a revisiting of
(and a ...
Bengalis Speaking Hindi
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Bengalis have a wicked sense of humor — especially when it involves poking
fun at themselves. I speak as if I wasn’t a Bengali myself. Truth is that I
was ...
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 ...
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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...
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...
1 comment:
hee hee.
reminds me of me trying to counsel this person. if you message A again, they may or may not answer. if they dont, you will be hurt. if they do, it could lead to a sequence of events that you get back together. or it could lead to nothing, and you would just be prolonging your agony. if youre back together, things might get back to their old inertia and you might be fighting again.
i guess that makes me a flowchartist
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