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₹39, a Village Tower, and the Man Who Holds the Switch
Thirty-nine rupees I was in Mumbai recently, running work calls and answering emails off my phone’s hotspot for two days. At the end of the trip, a notification told me what it had cost: ₹39 for 3 GB. For reference, ₹39 in Mumbai is two vada pavs and some change. I had spent more on…
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The Dosa that didn’t fit
After a long day, my wife Bhavana and I had no energy left to cook dinner, so I grabbed our steel dabbas as always and walked to the neighbourhood restaurant (tiffin place) for dosas 😋. The waiter looked as tired as I felt. He glanced at my box, then at the two, golden dosas rolled…
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The Broken Bottle
While writing down the story of Rajavva: The Maharaja who slept forever about my grandmother, a memory struck me from my childhood. When I was around eight or nine years old, I was studying in a residential (boarding) school, while my parents lived back in our village. Before sending me to the hostel, my Amma…
