Photographs, Essays, and Fear
I think that I want to talk about fear today. I’ve been trying to write more, and share photographs, and every time I do, I feel a twinge of terror that whatever I’m going to write1 is terrible. I think that what I’m writing right now is terrible. My heart rate is through the roof,…
What’s in a Name
"What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet;" William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet I’m sure that Juliet’s rose didn’t have to deal with government documents and social media services. 1 I want to say that I’ve been thinking a lot about names lately, but the…
Commemorative Coinage
Ever since demonetisation and the introduction of new notes in India, I’ve been thinking about how that was a missed opportunity to celebrate the country. Sure, the new notes do hype our space programme, and different monuments, but it’s Mahatma Gandhi on every note. That’s to be expected – the notes are part of the…