Arijit's Special Newsletter

Ramblings & essays

Eating Alone

“A meal eaten alone and in silence is no pleasure. So I fell into the habit of reading while I ate. In that way I can lose myself completely for a time. The days I don’t read I feel like a barbarian brooding over a chunk of meat” -…

Slippage

I wasn’t sure where I was. It was almost as if I woke up from a dream. I remember leaving the house for a walk, and then it was blank. The disorientation was mildly alarming. I was standing on one among numerous bridges of the city, looking out onto…

The cold floor

“I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.” - Roy Batty [https:…

Perturbations

Dear L, A brilliant man once told me about Umeshisms, named after Dr. Umesh Vazirani. Dr. Vazirani [https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~vazirani/] is a professor of computer science at UC Berkeley. He used to pack entire philosophy of life in little nuggets. Among those, one of my favourite one…

Hingeless

I wonder if it’s too late wish for someone to hold hands with, walking barefoot on the grass, gazing at the snowy Alps in the distance.…