This week I did a little bit of internet overhaul - swore off X, swore off existing search engines and browsers and replaced them with DuckDuckGo. In addition to this, I also got fully into the Substack app, which if Substack lore is to be believed, is proving to be a lot like Tumblr and a lot like what X used to be a dozen or so years ago. While I’m wary of committing to such quick analysis, I do agree that there’s a certain kind of slowness that has come to define my experience in being online.

In a time when we are being forced to rush to no one knows where, this kind of cutting back and looking askance at slow searches and slower, more accurate results has been blissful. With the recent changes in Life, the incessant heatwaves in Delhi and then other things that percolate into my hours, I’ve been away from writing. Last week I also started the Conversations series on my substack where I plan to interview peers in the fields of photography, music, writing, mapmaking, etc. When I can and have access, I will also interview writers, urbanists, musicians I admire and aspire to emulate the careers of.

I’ve forever been interested in reading about the backalley negotiations that we writers, artists, painters have to make to be able to finally make and put out some work. This is also the thought behind the Conversation series. To this end, Lousiana Channel has been one of my most frequented spaces on YouTube. I think I discovered the channel five years ago and have since then found it to be a constant companion for me.