Triggered by Antonio Garcia Martinez's brilliant writeup on Judaism. You might disagree but you cannot deny the power of the writing.

In hindi. One of my favorite poems, Mein Aur Meri Awargi by Javed Akthar from his book Tarkash

A play on words from the Clarice Lispector book. I am violent towards roaches and I confront my own failings in that aspect.

A fun, deep and freewheeling chat around dreams (and some digressions) as always.

I accelerate time since I project my optimism for a better future into the future. Always...and that takes my present away.

Something in a Jagjit Singh song, reminded me of his mortality and hence my own.

The song I am referring to is "Sarakati Jaye Hain Rukh se Naqab".....

Are we so fleetingly ephemeral?

Does this question not bother others? Am I the only one in my existential rabbit hole?

Our 4th chat in this longform series. This is with an urban philosopher, who goes by the name of Sachin. We talk of urban anonymity, solitude, repression in modern urban societies, the tyranny of work, the ambiguous workplaces (disconnect between values and reality).

We might sound like a rant, but this is not about others at all - this is about our own broken avatars. We are dealing with our own damages.

We examine why personal silence might be such a valuable tool in these times and era.

Karthik, my dear friend is an accomplished author & brand consultant. Why does story telling matter? Should one tell the story that sells or the story that is our own (sometimes these diverge)? Why commercial success in this business could matter?

Also who discovered orwell and hemingway?