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2022 was the busiest year I have ever had, Yet, I found sometime for thought-provoking non-fiction, educative business self-helps to one cozy novel by Mr. Pamuk, here’s a list that shaped my year—and maybe yours too.
My latest project recalls my journey to the US and my homecoming back to India through the timeless prism of the Bhagwad Gita
An ode to the man who can recreate geospatial entities with words, memories and recollections
As I read One Hundred Years of Solitude for the third time, I found myself tracing Márquez’s gift for blending the fantastical with the deeply personal. What can writers learn from his “impossible realism”?
My attempt to deconstruct how Mr. Rushdie wields language, history, and magic to build immersive worlds.
While emptying my shelf before leaving the US, I wondered if my unwritten novel could ever stand out in the huge pile of novels I was about to donate to the thrift store. I began to wonder if originality still exists—or even matters—in literature today.
Creating poop rhymes with my elder son is my favourite thing to do. Especially over long Thanksgiving weekends with nothing else to do. It makes me wonder why poop is the comedic glue (goo?) of the Universe
I spent my first week back in India jotting down snippets of overheard conversations, random dreams, and childhood memories—only to realize the best stories were hiding in plain sight. This piece dives into the art of unearthing tales from everyday life.
My latest job role has me thinking why smartphone companies are filing patents on sleep patterns and why smart mattresses are even a thing. I am impressed to know that sleep research might one day save your life.
A recent bout of sinusitis. A friend in coma from ceberal stroke. With sickness and grief all around me, I look up biohacking in a dictionary.
I learned the hardway how one cheat day can ruin months of mindful eating. Based on scientific research, I took a dip, and then a dive, into the psychology of setbacks
Walking through an Ayurvedic garden while coming back from Munnar to Allepey, I was surrounded by plants promising everything from digestion relief to anti-aging miracles.
Almost at the point of giving up tracking weight and snacking on one more desi ghee laddoo, I review some lessons I learned from 10 years of Weight Gain and Loss See-Saw
How do you teach emotional nuance to a machine built for efficiency?
I have been hanging out with AI engineers at the watercooler, and hear them candidly caution about open-source models and the risks of Artificial General Intelligence. But how bad can it be?
I uploaded a finetuned DALL-E model to create photos of me, at different ages, under different potential health conditions.
Can Small Language Models (SLMs) based on Regional Languages be Effective?
I have been reading the White House's AI laws, and it seems we, the people, have given up hopes that we will ever be ethical, and can neither trust machines to save us from ourselves. So, what do we do?
Last week, a simple question to ChatGPT spiraled into a deliberate over-dependent day on letting GPT's responses take over my education and common sense.
It was a fun experience