Arijit's Special Newsletter

Ramblings & essays

Computers, maths and mothers

Dear L, Let's start this weekend with something that I found extremely confounding recently. A pattern made out of a handful of pieces that never repeats itself. The underlying mathematics is absolutely mind boggling and beautiful, although I don't have the faintest idea about how to…

"Let everything happen to you"

Dear L, I was a reading quite a bit about Rilke, and the power of melancholy in our lives. Today, I wanted to slice and dice some surrounding aspects of melancholy. Mainly pessimism, despair, hope; From a video essay about music from the Canadian musical outfit "Godspeed You Black…

Bees and video games

Dear L, This week, it’s mostly a bit of a hodge podge of topics and thoughts. I’m guilty of being too preoccupied to keep the thoughts coherent this past week. But let’s start with a little philosophy of game design. After that, let’s move on to…

Luck, passion, process and teensy bit of mountaineering

Dear L, When I was a kid, I was exposed to mountaineering, and being born somewhat close to the Himalayas, mountaineering stories were always the most fascinating of stories; and with that, naturally came all the  exposure to the mountains, and it has shaped the lens through which I perceive…

Happiness and little pleasures

Dear L, We start today with a simple discussion. What it means to be broken, and how we can work our way to obtain the little things that makes us happy. And we'll end with one of most brilliant short stories that I have read in past years.…