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Walk through chaos

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I’m just going to invert that question a little and ask: Is a little order good for us? I’m doing this because the question “Is a little chaos good for us?” assumes that chaos can… 

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Enjoying ‘Friends’ again

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This has to be the TV show Friends. I feel like I know too much these days. The show hasn’t aged well. Its attitudes towards fatness, sexual relations, science, and mental health are at best… 

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Against the idea of building loyal subscribers

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I’ve always found that a somewhat strange thing to aim for. I understand there are several thousand people worldwide working to build a loyal subscriber base (“building loyal subscribers” makes one sound like Dr. Frankenstein).… 

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Writing with WordPress Write

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I’m writing this post on Write, the new text composer/editor on WordPress.com. According to the official blog post, Write is a response to last year’s Creators survey, where “‘simplify the editor’ was the single most-requested… 

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A political direction in life

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Note to readers: Root Privileges is now Slightly Acidic. I’m a political creature. I didn’t think that I’d be one but I am. I believe this is a response to India’s present historical moment. Since… 

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A song on my mind

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I’ve got an earworm this morning and it’s been unbudged. It’s the song ‘Neeye unakku endrum’ from the 1962 Tamil film Bale Pandiya. The film is highly okay, at best, notwithstanding many of the social… 

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Lord of the Rings Day

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A happy Lord of the Rings Day to you. This year I almost didn’t write this post because I don’t have anything to say about The Lord of the Rings itself. Chiefly, I have tired… 

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I, Head-bumper

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Tall. I’m tall for India, around 6’3”. My height has recently been on my mind. India is not a good place for tall people. The public infrastructure is geared towards shorter people — the average… 

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My political views

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When I first had any views at all, I think I was in the second year of my engineering studies, in 2007, and decided I was a right-winger. Of course I understood very little of… 

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Heat capacity

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Someone asked me recently to name the thing I’ve been most grateful for in 2025. After giving it some thought, I realised it had to be the heat capacity of water. And not just for… 

Acting and speaking

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I performed several times on stage in school, up to when I was 11 years old. I studies for around four years at a school in Tumkur where drama was part of the curriculum. Every… 

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The House

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I had a dream once, that I was sitting, resting in a cosy alcove of walls empanelled with wood, with wooden chairs and tables with comfortable cushions, smoke from an incense stick hanging heavy in…