What is your the most "nostalgia evoking" possession which shaped your childhood/teen? Let me know. I have a whole bunch of stuff in store room. I own hundreds of Audio Cassettes with that magical device which can RECORD. I have a PC with 20GB HD and 56 MB RAM running in WIN95. But, one thing … Continue reading MISHA – Nostalgia and conditioning
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On our History Books
Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later that debt is paid - Valary Legasov History was one of the most disliked topics during my school days, and it was a prevalent opinion. It was one of the most pointless subjects with its only aim to test my memorization skills. The … Continue reading On our History Books
A bookworm’s journey to Audible
Imagine this, From Class 5 till I graduated high school, I read close to 600 books!. I had memberships everywhere; Dad's collection, neighbour's collections, school libraries, Government ones and of course, private circulatory library. I begged, borrowed (but never stole) from literally every possible person who can lend me a book. I even saved my … Continue reading A bookworm’s journey to Audible
The Chronicles of Snake Charming
I have a theory on "why India was stereotyped as country of snake charmers". Let me walk you through that with some history, a book review, and eventually, the reason will reveal itself. For almost 15 centuries the Middle-Eastern Merchants (Jewish, then Arab) meticulously monopolized the stuff that flows into Europe from India (and SE … Continue reading The Chronicles of Snake Charming
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