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Monday, January 20, 2025

First update of 2025

I haven't written for a month for four reasons: a) not much of great interest is 'happening' in my life at the moment ('no news is good news'!), b) I was waiting for a lot of people to read the last two posts, c) I was expecting many more people to engage in a debate/dialogue with me on the subject - probably the most interesting and important subject in the world, in my view, to all but those who live essentially animal lives. Otherwise, I want to bore neither myself nor uninterested or superficial readers, and d) I did not want to divert already distracted readers by writing on entirely unrelated themes.

However, a little personal update might not be frowned upon. I have been languorously enjoying the mild and fleeting winter, and reading up several books simultaneously. Of them, two have been most absorbing and highly recommended: Abyakto (Unspoken) in Bangla by Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose, a more-than-100-year-old classic of scientific literature, and The Golden Road by William Dalrymple, though I am afraid the latter has gone a little overboard towards the end, and seems to be parroting the BJP line about how India is soon going to reclaim its grand position as a Vishwaguru. Even if that happens, it will take two or three more generations to achieve it. Also, I am going to live it up before summer sets in, with two long trips already planned over the next month and a bit more.

Special thanks to Bibhas of the ICSE 2002 batch for inundating me with thought provoking books, essays and videos. Such old boys are a rare find, and interacting with them is always 'a feast of reason and a flow of soul.' And special prayers for Swarnava: he will know why.

One more repetition: I shall be glad to hear from more and more old boys through this blog. Several of them have visited and/or called to warm the cockles of my heart over the last six months.

Donald Trump is being inaugurated just about now. God help us all.

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