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Arjun’s Chariot Parking

Picture By Karenchik Kasabian, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=185981263 He looked at his wrist . The sundial said eight forty five. “This traffic is worse than usual” thought Arjun. “It’s going to be tight”. He wiped his brow with a handkerchief. The sun was already warming the air. The heat was collecting on the

Rana Sanga’s Defeat

Masi grated the ginger while the milk simmered. On another part of the stove, a pot of poha was cooking. Masi added a pinch of turmeric to the poha and reached out to get the jar of chai masala. She added the chai masala to the simmering milk. Masaji was perusing the book “Glimpses of

The Shenai Tree – Introduction

The snow had turned to crusty ice. The ice had subsequently turned grey in places. Gravel had mixed with salt on the vast areas of open pavement in the parking lot. The gravel and ice crunched underneath my heels. A sickly gray smudge surrounded the bottom of the shoes touching the sole. The clouds had

Clickety clack part II

I discussed a little bit in a previous article about my disability. Things are improving, though slowly. I am able to use a computer in about 15 minute chunks, but get tired after about 3 or 4 of those chunks. Going back to professional-level software engineering seems like it’s a long way away. I do

How stands the city now?

So how stands the city on this summer afternoon? How stands this citadel of democracy?How stands the city now? Some of our own fellow citizens walk through our streets, covered in camouflage, armed and watching and tanks have rumbled down our avenues now, presumably a show of power. How do its residents feel? What is

Please, somebody cut me off

Some places aren’t supposed to be nerdy. It was the last day of the last summer of something, whether it was the last summer of pretending to be invincible or pretending to be young or maybe pretending to still believe in the fantasy being able to have care free fun, drink copious amounts of alcohol

Clickety-clack, session 1

The incident happened in August of 2024. I stopped going to the office in September of 2024 because of difficulty using computer screens. I did vision therapy and recovered some but not enough to use traditional computer screens for a long time. The incident was walking into a hive of wasps or hornets. I had

Penang instead of Danang

I was going to make a visa run to Danang, Vietnam but my visa was expired. I had read the dd/mm/yy date as a mm/dd/yy date. I got to the airport and the check-in agent told me my visa was expired. I was embarrassed by my mistake and it ended up costing me. I booked

The Beach

First lets talk about Western male fashion at the beach. Maybe I’ll just give some observations. My impression of Ao Nang was that the same things happen every night. A mix of younger backpacker types and couples come into town and stay a few days. It is a good party town, that’s not as over

On Exile

In the Ramayana, the protagonist is exiled for 14 years1,3. In many ancient cultures exile is a punishment or a political tool. Humans are social beings. We are raised to be a part of society and in many cultures, children are raised to take on a certain role in society. To be exiled, to be

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