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The script of the night (and day) shift
I have always been a dreamer, though my dreams have mostly been administrative emergencies. I’m unprepared for an exam. I’m late for something. I’m naked. Sometimes I’m naked and unprepared, or naked and late. On particularly ambitious nights, I manage all three. There are recurring locations, too: a large building where every floor opens into… Continue reading
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Kozukattai Tales
About fifteen years ago, one of my clients convinced me to take up publication of the proceedings of a conference he conducted every year. I had zero experience with publishing and was lost to boot. I was all over the place trying to figure out how to get the papers from the authors, send them… Continue reading
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64 Skills and Seven Left Feet
In Tamil culture, there are said to be 64 skills that one is expected to learn in the course of one’s life. There is a general belief that they originated from the Kamasutra, the Indian sex book, which talks about skills such as singing, playing musical instruments, dancing, drama and theatre, painting, body decoration and… Continue reading
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And the Second Book for the day
The book contains, in addition to my verse-rendition in English, the original Thiruppavai verses, transliterated in English because (a) KDP printing won’t print Thamizh and (b) a lot of people asked me for English transliteration. In UK https://amzn.eu/d/01Uuoneg In USA https://a.co/d/0dVheVMI In India or anywhere else Ask someone from USA or UK to get it… Continue reading
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A Small Victory for an Unproductive Year
This year has been, by any reasonable measure, quite unproductive. I started several personal projects. Some were abandoned. Some were put on hold. Some are still sitting around looking at me accusingly every time I sit in front of my desktop. There are various reasons for this, of course. Life, work, distractions, the general chaos… Continue reading
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Someone something
This past week, I have been going out on an errand at 6.15 every morning. This is a big thing for me because I am not a morning person. People who know me might argue that I am not a night person either, nor a midday person. In fact, I am not a person at… Continue reading
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Chai and Sandwich
(obviously AI-generated image) Leendadll had asked about my chai and sandwich preferences, which sounds like a fairly innocuous question until I realised that I have apparently accumulated an entire philosophy of beverages and bread. Chai is an interesting concept. I grew up in a family (and extended family) where afternoon tea was a standard post-siesta… Continue reading
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A blast from the past
I usually delete my earlier blog sites when I start a new one. Limp Cabbage survived, for some reason. WordPress keeps throwing me this-day-that-age type posts from Limp Cabbage. This was what I posted on this day in 2022, apparently. The sentiments have not changed one bit. Continue reading
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Harping, sorry.
I know I’m harping on this. But I had to share it. In Patch Adams, Robin Williams’ character is called before a disciplinary hearing. A classmate secretly steals his file to find out what he’s being accused of. One of the charges is essentially: “Excessive Happiness.” I’m running an AI check on my document, and… Continue reading
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Repeating the rant
I have been writing press releases for the Indian media for the last five years. My job is to take scientific research happening in the country and explain it to the general public. I am good at it. I can take the most complex scientific concept and explain it in simple English, without diluting the… Continue reading
