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Night cricket and the slog sweep
1992 Back in late 1991 and early 92, one of his favourite things to do was to wake up early in the morning and listen to radio commentary of test matches between Australia and India. This was during the Indian cricket team’s tour of Australia. Our protagonist was enamored by Sachin Tendulkar, who still was…
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The phone screen and distraction
One of the things I started to work on a bit last year was to reduce the number of notifications I get on my phone to checking the phone all the time. The phone is something I use a lot for listening to music (Spotify), making payments and Twitter. I also use it to get…
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Books in 2019
After being stuck in a bit of a rut in terms of reading books, I ended up reading more books in 2019 than in 2018. I read a lot of things online and this year I had to make a conscious effort to switch off from a screen and carry a book. Favourite Of the…
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The romance to open web
This weekend I ended up listening to a podcast by Matt Mullenweg with Anil Dash. For me, both are pretty much people I most admire when I think of the words “open web”. Here is a wonderful quote by Anil Dash from the podcast. I think a lot of us had lamented the web we…
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Songs, Choirs and A.R Rahman
While looking around on a Saturday afternoon to find something new to listen to while working, I came across this wonderful mixture of “Hey Jude” – Beatles and “Tere Bina” – A.R Rahman. This song is performed by the Shillong Chamber Choir group. The fun thing about the video is that the whole group looked…
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The Russian folk song and its Hindi cover “Darling” in “7 khoon maaf”
The Russian folk song and its Hindi cover “Darling” in “7 khoon maaf”. Also Usha Uthup’s brilliance…
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Being Mortal
I discovered this book thanks to a couple of podcasts, I came across. Also a cousin whose taste in books I quite like, highly recommended it. The podcasts had Atul Gawande, sagaciously explain the issues around caring for the old and infirm. Atul Gawande brings in a lot of data, a lot of empathy and…
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What’s really important in your life?
A couple of days ago, I met a friend with whom I went on a very long walk. We walked for over 3 hours, waiting for breakfast, coffee later and some cheesecake by noon. There is something great about walking and talking with a friend for hours. For some reason there is a lot of…
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Two Years!
It is two years today. I still wake up some nights with a start thinking about that horrible and terrible night. An ambulance siren far away is often almost always a trigger. But I have come to terms with her loss much better than I thought I ever would. The first year, I missed her a…
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A haircut, a cola and a Test match
Recently, I watched in bits and pieces, India winning a test match against England on television. I am one of those cricket tragics, who watches only test matches. The rest I feel does not have enough context. I was thinking a bit about why I think of the long form game with such romance. And…
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