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I seem to move house every ten years or so. I keep telling myself “This is the last time”; my appetite for the wholesale upheaval that a house move represents has waned somewhat. There was a time when people didn’t move much, they tended to live and die close to where they were born. I … Continue reading “Thinking about change and choice and consequence”
Have you ever heard of omum water? Once I was old enough to be given it, omum water was my salvation every time I had any kind of stomach ailment. It goes by many names. Some people call it aqua ptychotis. In Bengal, people tend to refer to it as ajwain arak. In Tamil Nadu, … Continue reading “Musing lazily about omum water and open data and related things”
I spent the first 23 years of my life in Calcutta; I lived there, and only there, between 1957 and 1980. We didn’t have a television set at home. If we had had one, it wouldn’t have been of much use to us. In those days, especially in Calcutta, electrical power was a luxury, with … Continue reading “Thinking about customers and flow”
You’re so vain, you probably think this song is about you You’re so vain, I’ll bet you think this song is about you Don’t you? Don’t you? You’re So Vain, Carly Simon, 1972 The song may not have been about you. This post, however, is. This post is not just about you, it’s about why … Continue reading “I Bet You Think This Song Is About You, Don’t You?”
He roller coaster He got early warning He got muddy water He one Mojo filter He say one and one and one is three Got to be good looking Cause he’s so hard to see Come together right now Over me Come Together, The Beatles, 1969 Calcutta is a city of communities, something that becomes … Continue reading “Got to be good looking ’cause he’s so hard to see”