On Plasticity and Evolution of Languages
English is one of the most widely spoken languages in the World and that is a fact. Coming from a tiny island nation of barely 70 million people, it is spoken by over 1.5 billion people on the planet. Of …
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Reading Leaves from Another Time
Travelling home to Patna for Holi, due to some overly pessimistic planning on my part, I ended up at Mumbai airport a full two hours before my flight. I was there to catch an early morning flight so here I …
On Women’s Day
Every conceivable angle on Woman’s Day has been tapped out I think. There is the “gratitude” post, which thanks women for all their sacrifices, while simultaneously implying it is expected of them and they would be seen as less of …
The Mirror Held Up
Before we get started, I have a disclaimer to make. I am a Dostoevsky fanboy. If you are not, there is nothing here for you. If you haven’t read him, why are you wasting your time reading me. Go read …
Visiting Old, Fictional Friends – 10 Years to Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
The year was 2013. I was just about to start college when, sometime in early June, I went to watch a movie with my friends, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. The movie sparked a debate after it ended, and a few …
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