We, the anarchists
(Explanatory note: this article is about the recent Assembly election in my state, Maharashtra. Most of you probably know that the BJP and its allies, the incumbents, swept to a massive majority in the Assembly.)
Dilip D'Souza: Death Ends Fun
Independent writer, Bombay
Is it all in the blood?
Here's a possible dilemma for you to think through. It's time for your yearly eye checkup. So one evening, you drop by your friendly nearby optometrist. You're expecting her to sit you down as usual, get you to try reading the usual chart across the room that has letters getting steadily smaller on each row, offer you a card with bits of text in varying font sizes to read ... the usual.
Pluto has other ideas
Remember Pluto? For humans of a certain vintage, like me, it was a name familiar from our earliest brushes with astronomy. It was the ninth planet in our Solar System, the furthest from the Sun.
Dear Stalin and Chandrababu: Incentives and appeals won't produce more babies
(I wrote this for Scroll.in - about ten days ago, it appeared here.)
Nothing was delivered
Trying in years gone by to tell my kids something about mathematics, nothing was difficult.
With a little help from friends: Musings after Italy
Pompeii, famously, is the city that was destroyed and embalmed when the volcano Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD. Visiting there, which I did in September with someone I know well, is awe-inspiring, heartbreaking, breathtaking - and there's much more to say too.
All the important bits
Transport yourself to the days of yore, meaning before Whatsapp. OK, long before Whatsapp. You're on a hilltop and I'm on another. We can see each other, but we're too far apart to hear each other.
Next door to God (#2)
(The first instalment of this article is here: https://deathendsfun.stck.me/post/470298/Next-door-to-God-1)
Next door to God (#1)
Oct 8 2024
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