Writing
Essays, field notes, and thoughts aggregated from my various publishing outlets.
On Making Words - The Lexicon
On Making Words, in three parts: The Essay · The Method · The Lexicon (you are here)Companion to On Making Words — the essay on where these came from. A living lexicon: new words are s...
On Making Words
On Making Words, in three parts: The Essay (you are here) · The Method · The LexiconWhen Brian Eno, producer-extraordinaire of Talking Heads’ Remain in Light, U2’s The Joshua Tre...
On Making Words - The Method
On Making Words, in three parts: The Essay · The Method (you are here) · The LexiconThe Word-Coining MethodThe explicit, reusable method behind the Rajheshian lexicon, the River Celestial so...
Knowledge comes at a cost.
The line arrived between a good-morning rose and a reel about discipline. Knowledge comes at a cost. Someone’s WhatsApp status, set in that font WhatsApp hands you when you have nothing of your...
Sporadic Thoughts and Useless Knowledge - Vol. MMXXVI
Reposting on LinkedIn or retweeting on Twitter is lazy. I have been guilty of it too. It is like saying, “I agree with everything that the person next to me said”, in a group discussion. (...
Sporadic Thoughts and Useless Knowledge - Volume LVXIX
It is very difficult to make friends and keep them, especially as you age (after 40 let’s say).There are a few that stick, many fade, and some that become a “stringing together a series of...
Benefit of Doubt
In the game of Cricket, the phrase “benefit of doubt goes to the batter” is as much a gentleman’s code as it is a decision-making thumb-rule. Thanks for reading driftmost! Subscribe...
Tariffs, GST, and George Harrison: A Deeply Unqualified Economic Odyssey
Behold: George Harrison floating majestically in the clouds with his guitar and calculator, as requested by absolutely no one ever… except you. This was conjured up using DALL·E, OpenAIR...
Sporadic Thoughts and Useless Knowledge - Volume LVIX
We all need to learn to waste time purposefullyThat’s a nice motto to have.A successful road-trip is a stringing-together of adjacent near-missesCubbon Park is the BO capital of Bengaluru; that...
You are my favourite waste of space!
Bob: Nice place to waste our time though, isn't it? It is, isn't it?Paul: Remember that song, you're my favourite waste of time. Bob: Go on, it's about you. Is it? Paul: That's a slightly backhanded c...
A River Abode
The Tank and Temple in TiruchirappalliA song I composed that is partly inspired by Rahman’s Vellai Pookkal and the song from Mahanadi. If my hometown had a soundtrack, this would be it.A River A...
Sporadic Thoughts and Useless Knowledge — Volume XIX
Made with AISporadic Thoughts and Useless Knowledge — Volume XIX1. So you are part of a Run Club? Thanks for reading driftmost! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.And yo...
கூமாச்சி / Koomachi
Made with AI - A nostalgic class roomகூமாச்சி வழக்கம்போல், நான்...
Festival Greeting Generator
It is during Festivals and other major occasions, the true nature of corporate boiler-plate or templates reveals itself, or should I say surfaces.Thanks for reading Driftmost! Subscribe for free to re...
Sporadic Thoughts and Useless Knowledge - Volume XVII
1. A Deconstructed Idli is just batter2. After AI, and especially if AI fails, we may have to turn to DI. DI is Divine Intervention Thanks for reading Driftmost! Subscribe for free to receive new post...
47
47Well, I am turning 47. Today. I am either 46, 47 or 48 depending on which method or system of ascertaining age, you follow. 46 according to a method of insurance premium calculation (“Age last...
Someday, never comes!
Chaos and Order
Omni Bullshit - its everywhere
Can you spot it?Its a measure of your awareness of your surroundings, the words that are coming into your ears, the visual cues that blind your eyes. Can you spot it?