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Parking & Overfitting
Why the hardest parking spot I know didn't make me a better at parking
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The Gift and the Waiter
On pub screenings with 'free' entry, awkward waiters, and the anthropology of why every gift demands repayment.
Sep 13
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A Dispatch from a (Relatively) Decluttered World
On reducing screen time without disappearing from the world.
Aug 23
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The Last Known Lunch
A reflection on old friendships, losing touch, and the ordinary lunches we never realised would become our last encounters.
Aug 16
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Never Celebrating the Ordinary
Notes on negative visualisation
Aug 6
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The Midfielders of Life
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Cheering from the Exit
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Hyderabad, One Year In: Some Ordinary Analyses
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The Atheist Discomfort of a Social Market Liberal
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