Hope in the time of El Niño
Coping with a relentless apocalypse can be tiring, esp for someone working in climate comms. I find some ways
Jane Jacobs and Delhi’s lockdowns
Thinking about the lessons of Jane Jacobs' urbanism and Delhi's COVID-19 lockdowns
Where do Swedes go to pick a fight?
On Tvättstuga etiquettes & then some
My autorickshaw rides, a smörgåsbord for the senses
On the tuktuk that embodies the Indian streets' traditional symphony // self-made private moments in the tuktuk, purloined from the crabby hours that commute usually entails
The drama of winter nights
Swedish mys & December bliss
Notes on 'Flesh', 'Stoner', 'The Stranger'
Three novels over the decades that touch upon the theme of free will
Goodbye to language
On the ephemeral something that letters, postcards hold
Business & commerce deserve more space in contemporary fiction
On the need to move beyond cynicism and write more of dry ambition into our novels
On Rahul Bhattacharya's 'Railsong'
A novel of self-discovery intertwined with India's post-independence journey
'Service' provokes, comforts, inpsires
The artist and poet John Tottenham's debut novel, 'Service', is fire (he'll hate this descriptor)
Conversation with Elisa Gabbert
The poet-essayist on rereading, her writing practice and the joys of writerly companionship
The Dharamshala Sun
What Time Means to Women
How Should a Person Be?
sheila heti & makenna goodman: a reading in consonance
isolation, stunning imagery, isolation
On urban alienation
on thomas vinterberg's 'another round' & the vulnerability of life
The promise of life and its malcontents
Unease, inconvenience & creativity
I’m surrounded by high res photographs that are devoid of meaning, endless carousels of texts that lack meaning or at least connection
Chai urbanism as third places
Chai stalls, small streetside commerce & Mumbai's vibrancy through Diya Joukani's streetwear reels
On Sidewalks
The discreet arteries of a vibrant city
Air coolers instead of air conditioners?
On natural, economical, greener air coolers vs high energy, high maintenance, dirtier cooling of air cons
Solastalgia & the fleeting joys of spring
A lament about the loss of spring and how distressing it will be lose it all over again
