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I've been in Delhi for three days, and for the last two of which I've been house-hunting and then buried in office work. While I was trawling through dozens of Facebook posts and items on Magi…

I've made two mistakes – both concerning Orson Scott Card's quadrology and both nominal – in today's post, and which I have now rectified. I ask that you revisit/refresh that post to read…

I've missed writing my posts for three days straight. 🙈 I don't know about you but I've certainly let myself down. I have a trove of excuses but I'm sure none of them qualify. Today…

In the middle of a conversation this morning, my friend wondered aloud as to whether there were any advantages to teaching history forward in time (i.e. with causality) instead of backward. Neither of…

I started writing this as today's post but at some point it morphed into an article for The Wire, to be published tomorrow morning. Sharing it here in full nonetheless. Earlier this week, a team…

These days, I can't remember either the good news or the bad news. When someone talks about the good news – likely a centrist or someone who hasn't thought their political views through – I no…

There's a new book by Alan Lightman out, titled Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine. Irrespective of others' appreciation of it, I expect to find the book preposterously dull if Michael…

Climate change is gradually turning the abundance of space into privilege, at least if it already wasn't before. In a warmer world, in which we will surely prize the efficient use of resources, p…

Yesterday, I travelled first class in the Shatabdi Express, from Chennai to Bengaluru. I'd been looking forward to the journey because of the extra legspace in the offing, and the ability to sit i…

xkcd does the best nerdy comic but oglaf is the comic I never knew I needed – and it's probably the best ever. It's wry humour + sex, often featuring erotic fungi and The Blind Gibberer, and e…

Laura Vanderkam writes in Fast Company about a three-minute habit that changed her life: keeping track of how she spends her time during her waking hours, with a spreadsheet. Much of her piece is dire…

Rolling Stones has published a fabulous profile of Johnny Depp, written by Stephen Rodrick. It's about 15 minutes' worth of reading long and I highly recommend you read it right now. The profi…