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Come For The Food, Stay For the Chest-Thumping To Be Over

Come For The Food, Stay For the Chest-Thumping To Be Over

I was lucky to go to the school I spent most of my childhood in. That experience taught me a lot about people and systems, what is important and just how much is unnecessary rubbish. This was not necessarily by their plan but rather by the existence of variety and circumstances which allowed me, the […]

Posted on August 20, 2016January 26, 2017 by Samir Bharadwaj in Life Lessons

Wishing Obscurity Upon the Solemn Juvenile

Wishing Obscurity Upon the Solemn Juvenile

It takes all types to make the world, but some types you just don’t like. Some types appear to not be as useful in the grander scheme, adding more to the chaos than helping build anything. I personally find the solemn juvenile to be quite the unsavoury type.

Posted on March 1, 2014February 14, 2015 by Samir Bharadwaj in Creative Ideas

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin – book review

The Dispossessed by Ursula K. LeGuin - book review

Though her reputation preceded her, I had never read a book by Ursula K. Leguin before this one. I’ve always been a fan of the old-guard of science fiction and fantasy writers, of whom she is a much revered member, so when I spotted this book for a bargain and the synopsis seemed thoughtful and […]

Posted on January 17, 2011January 17, 2011 by Samir Bharadwaj in Writing

Sexual Discrimination – The Ugly Reality

Sexual Discrimination - The Ugly Reality

Libraries and bookshops might be great places to meet people, but I fear sexual equality is in peril in these houses of intellect and tripe. I was at the biggest mall in the world yesterday, and in it is one of the largest bookshops I’ve had the pleasure of losing myself in, Kinokuniya. Yesterday was […]

Posted on December 11, 2008February 8, 2014 by Samir Bharadwaj in Rambling

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