Lovely question, Lakshmi. Your prose today is a non-abelian system disguised as an abelian one—and that’s what makes it delightful.… READ MORE
There was a time when Beto O’Rourke was the next big thing. Tall, telegenic, skateboarding through a Whataburger parking lot… READ MORE
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Jayabalpore-la rendu vishayam mukkiyam:1. Weather-kku paathiram2. Ungalukku paathiram. Ippo rendu-naal munnadi, naan Jayabalpore bus stand-la ukkandhu irundhennu nambikka mudiyuma? “Kovai… READ MORE
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By Lakshmi Narayan | The Gemini Twins Go to Kasi Theatre Vanakkam da! Seri, ippo Castor–Pollux pathi pesalaam… Chennai tamizh… READ MORE
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“He had the look of one who had drunk the cup of life and found a dead beetle at the bottom.”
~ Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
Where the world is too serious to laugh at—so we do it anyway, finding poetry in potholes and punctuation in quiet places.