22/05/2021 Day 432 ‘Can fight Covid, not starvation’ It is the 432nd day of the pandemic. Things lose meaning when they go on for long. The pandemic seems to be one such. The count is suffering the same fate. Yet, I keep at it. This is the only harmless continuity. The mood right now is … Continue reading Day 432: ‘Can fight Covid, not starvation’
Category: Reflection
The only worlds of existence
These are thoughts on digital saturation, Twitter and my conscious attempt to step away. The transfer of our life’s processes to the digital world seems near complete now. There is barely a task in our daily life that we do completely un-mediated by digital technology. Or, without using an ‘online’ tool. So much so that the … Continue reading The only worlds of existence
Books Read in 2020
This comes in after a quarter of 2021 has already slipped by. I could only draw a blank when I tried to recollect all the books that I read in the past year. It had to wait until I returned to Bangalore and look at the shelves and pull out all of them. Visual memory … Continue reading Books Read in 2020
Alternatives
Walking up on the trail I hear a gentle creaking of pine trees. The mid-winter weather is foggy with intermittent rain. Up on the ridge sits a small village at about 2900 meters altitude. The snowline begins here. It is colder and windy than the valley. A motorable road rises up from the valley and … Continue reading Alternatives
Roundup 2020
If there was a time when we actually meant most of what we said, it is this year. Our ‘how are you doing’ has often been genuine this year. We have wished to hear from our relatives and friends hoping that they are fine. That they have not caught the virus. That they haven’t lost … Continue reading Roundup 2020
On comparison and its impact
The following are some thoughts on 'comparison' - the theme of a module in a course on ideas in education. A mark of the current times is that there is space in a typical day's schedule to explore these ideas and reflect on their relevance in life. Beginning from within the family, some of the … Continue reading On comparison and its impact
Day 105: Pandemic and us
Ajangaon, July 2020 07/07/2020 Day 105 This morning we went beyond the little hillock on which the road climbs up immediately, from the coffee point where we sit during rides. It is a short ramp, about a kilometer long. It then descends into an expansive flat land until the next low rise hill range in … Continue reading Day 105: Pandemic and us
Day 101: Meaning-making
03/07/2020 Day 101 Daily writing is suffering. On the upside, there is a great deal of learning and discovery happening these days. As with most new behaviours, it takes effort in the beginning and then there is a tipping point after which it gains stability and is likely to stick. With writing, the change in … Continue reading Day 101: Meaning-making
Day 97: Few changes
Ajangaon. June 2020 29/06/2020 Day 97 Writing these daily updates has been slow and lagged behind in the past two weeks. When days begin to get filled with outdoors writing takes a hit. The tradeoffs are clear. Lockdown days helped in observing reading and writing beahviour closely. As of now, both of them stand severely … Continue reading Day 97: Few changes
Day 90: In the now
Soybean crop. June 2020 22/06/2020 Day 90 It was an indecisive day for cycling. The town isn't big, but the chaos of vehicles during morning hours gets me. It is preferable to drive out with the cycle in the car, ride a trail and drive back. Early morning confusion about which direction to take meant … Continue reading Day 90: In the now
Contested Realities 