10 - I don't know what to call this
I read some incredible books this month and I can't wait to tell you all about them. There are countless interesting stories and people out there if you try...
09 - Losing opacity and a big reading challenge
(Illustration by Bill Crisafi) HELLO! I'm a little late but I'm back as promised. Writing #08 gave me the push I needed to write more. The responses to the...
08 - Thank you for the hard work!
Hello, dear readers. I packed up and fucked off without a warning and I apologise. I will do my very best to appear semi-regularly in your inbox henceforth....
07 - Book influencers, rage, and bitches
Hello. I am back after taking some time off for no reason in particular. I didn't feel like writing so I didn't. As the heat ramped up in sub-tropical Mumbai...
06 - Work and other things
It has been all of two months and we've already had a rebranded wave of covid and now there's a war. I don't know as much about geopolitics to write an...
05 - Crow hierarchy and the love of reading
2022 is here! Work has been unusually slow so I found myself with a lot of time this January. I spent part of that time loafing around and the rest wondering...
04 - Would you do it all over again? Time travel and books
The year is an inch away from over! How do you feel? 2021 was such a rollercoaster. From being smacked by waves of covid, to cat videos, dancing shiba inu...
03 - Bakineering and other things
Hello! I hope you had a wonderful Diwali and a great November. This year really flew by, didn’t it? Personally, I find the end of each year scary, scarier...
02 - What should one do with heritage?
I like Manu S Pillai. He's enviably articulate and does a downright nutty amount of research for anything he does. I first found him on Instagram, and then...
01 - Arbitrary names and missed celebrations
Welcome to this mildly revamped version of the newsletter you're used to receiving once a month. It's 99% the same thing, much like Zara changing its logo,...
Volume ??
Hi! There won't be a newsletter this month. I'll return next month with a tweaked format, a new platform, and hopefully a more suitable/less random name for...
Volume 26 - Part 3/3 - the recommendations 🌈
How does one throw their newsletter a birthday party? Do I eat cake alone? Do I feed it a cake emoji? How do I share my happiness with this inanimate thing?...
Volume 26 - Part 2/3 - another essay 🌈
Here is another reminder that my newsletter has turned 2! 🎈 Thank you for letting me slide into your inbox with writing once again. . It rained all week here...
Volume 26 - Part 1 of many. This is Lord of The Rings on steroids. 👹
This newsletter turns 2 this month! Yay? 🎉 I'm breaking it into parts to make it easier to read. Not sure if it will work. I rely on the few people who reply...
Volume 25 🐣
Hello, beloved reader! After two months of what felt like a long nap of the mind, heart, and spirit, I feel fully AWAKE. I find myself dragging my feet less...
Volume 24 - Cowin, animated movies, being a cheugy, and squirrel watching 🐿
Have you ever hung out with someone older (I use older loosely, it is anyone from 5-10 or more years older than you) who would say how cool they used to be...
Volume 23 😴
This month's newsletter is a little different. I didn't feel like reading or listening to much at all this month. By some stroke of luck (and consistently...
Volume 22 🇯🇵
I have watched and ardently loved anime since I was a child. My childhood was full of shows brimming with magic and fantasy. Anything could happen in the...
Volume 21 🍸
I moved in with my friends for a while. It is uncannily like a sitcom. All we need is an opening track and a jingle. (I am open to suggestions. I reckon, an...
Volume 20 ☁️
Hello, I sat on this intro for a long time. I wrote words and promptly erased them. So much happened on the inside and outside this month but I can't seem to...