“Television”, or in its current avatar “netflix” and “youtube” or whatever new fad exists these days, is really the modern day opium and alcohol. David Foster Wallace understood this. So did Don DeLillo. I have only recently started noticing this pernicious qualit . . . Read more

I have been reading Stephen Fry’s Making History and it got me thinking about history and my hate-love relationship with it. Growing up, there was a hierarchy of subjects at school. Maths, “science 1” and “science 2” were at the very top and history at the very bottom, . . . Read more

I used to love watching Ted Talks, but of late I think the institution has very much lost its way and its originality and has become overly preachy and full of generic platitudes. It is great then to come across a Ted talk that I feel happy to share. It has helped me a lot during my grad school to b . . . Read more

I haven’t used any Microsoft product since I came to the US. I fleetingly toyed with the idea of using Windows 10 but having seen the glory days of Windows 98 I just could not tolerate this monstrosity. I stumbled upon this article about the silent resurgence of Microsoft as the world’s . . . Read more

"I know what I'm about son." Ron Swanson is the simply the best Swanson. I watch all kinds of comedy and I love all kinds of comedy. Good comedians are great philosophers who bring out the absurdities in life. They’re great observers, great listeners, great communicators, great actors, and gre . . . Read more

The running high is like having a prolonged orgasm. I have a love-hate relationship with running. At the core of it, it is an extremely repetitive act, you’re doing one thing and one thing only, but then it is this simplicity of action that puts you in a trance. If you’re like me, the ti . . . Read more

When I was making this blog I fidgeted around a lot with the style, trying to make it look pretty but I just couldn’t get it right. Until I realized that what makes a lot of websites pretty are the blank spaces. This is, in fact, true for almost all art forms. All good movies have those moment . . . Read more

I’ve recently been spending a lot of time thinking about what I want to do with my life. Turns out this is a really hard question. The biggest difficulty is probably trying to understand what it means to do something with your life. Right now I’m coming back from a dance meet-up with som . . . Read more

I came home today from the gym all sweaty and smelly and quite content. As I threw my bags on the bed and settled down, I had a great urge to open up my laptop and check something online. Lately I’ve been becoming increasing aware of this internet addiction that seems more and more unavoidable . . . Read more

I love words. I found this wholesome link on Reddit while I was doing some work (*cough*). As the US is riling under Mr. Pai’s proud accomplishments there are some countries that have figured it all out. Every year since 1944, the Icelandic book trade has published a catalogue – called Bókatíð . . . Read more

Zugzwang (n.) a situation in which the obligation to make a move in one’s turn is a serious, often decisive, disadvantage, often in the final years of grad school. Zugzywangy. I don’t understand music and yet I like to listen to it, same goes with girls. I recently came across this video . . . Read more

I spent the entire day today configuring Hugo so that I can write a blog. The alternative was of course using the free, efficient, easy to use, readily configurable blog sites. What be life without a little pain? In my college I owned a shitty Acer laptop with an utterly useless battery and a coolin . . . Read more