Memoirs, Substack, and psychology
The English poet Blake Morrison had a thought-provoking essay in The Guardian titled '‘Enough of this me me me’: Blake Morrison on memoir in the age of oversharing' on April 4. He traced the e…
mental health
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The gaudy-hued beast
When you wake up in the morning to news of four people who allegedly raped a woman having been shot to death by the police, it's hard not to ask yourself what kind of country this is. It's eve…
The virtues of local travel
Here's something I wish I'd read before overtourism and flygskam removed the pristine gloss of desirability from the selfies, 360º panoramas and videos the second-generation elites posted ever…
Trouble at the doorstep
When an alumnus of the IISc wanted to organise an astrology workshop at the institute's premises in 2017, students and various members of its teaching faculty rose in protest and wrote to the dire…
Curious Bends - sugarcane cultivation, Ebola in India, the cost of sanitation and more
Curious Bends is a weekly newsletter science, tech. and data news from around South Asia. Akshat Rathi and I curate it. It costs nothing to sign up. If you'd like a sample, check out the one below…
Curious Bends – Hudhud, fewer cyclone deaths, population control and more
Curious Bends is a weekly newsletter science, tech. and data news from around South Asia. Akshat Rathi and I curate it. It costs nothing to sign up. If you'd like a sample, check out the one below…