For your viewing pleasure, a thread of cats I saw in Istanbul: (1/5)

What a beautiful picture of a great teacher to those willing to be patient, willing to wait, willing to wait to see, hear, grasp the everyday and the fantastical, the mundane and the mystical, to those willing to imbue every other moment with tenderness and beauty...

Nothing lasts, you see, not even the thoughts inside you. And you musn't
waste your time looking for them. Once a thing is gone, that is the end of it.

— Paul Auster

Astrophysicist and Nobel laureate Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar used to travel 80 kilometers every week from the Yerkes Observatory to the University of Chicago, where he taught a course attended by only two students. When asked why he spent his time this way, the professor replied…

May Day Greetings from Bengaluru Metro!

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions.
~ Mark Twain

I guess it's important that we remember that the world is big. Really big. That will keep us both confident and humble.

Today's doodle.

Paul Auster as a student participating in the 1968 occupation of Columbia University, as seen in Peter Whitehead's The Fall (1969).

safe travels

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So beautifully illustrated and visualised

Let this great poem and great translation, be the mantra for life (tangentially reminds me so much of the spirit and essence of the Hindi classic film 'Guide')

Ilish diye begun (Hilsa with aubergine) & gorur mangsho diye moola (beef & daikon curry). Two of the dishes I made today for the family. #bangladehshifood

Only got to know 2day that this great actor passed away two years ago. Way back in 2009, while working for an Indian newsmagazine, I interviewed him on the phone for almost four hours on an early Sunday morning from 5 to 9 since those were his free hours. What a voice, what range

Voted against hate, filth, lies, and one hopes Constitutional values triumph #bengalurunorth

And this beautiful response

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By Palestinian poet Najwan Darwish.

An old classic program on one of India's great gems: Qurratulain Hyder

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1/6. Tata Institute of Social Sciences suspension of Dalit scholar P. S. Ramadas for alleged ‘anti-national’ activity is appalling. This must mark the lowest point TISS has seen in its distinguished history in both leadership and action. #TISS #DALIT