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I find India really fascinating sometimes, even though I’ve lived my whole life here. What the cultural multitudes and colorful festivals hide underneath is an ugly facade which threatens to break everything that has been built over the years. What I find most fascinating is how we’ve conditioned ourselves to ignore the blatant reality and move ahead with an oblivious calm, living in shit and aspiring for the gold....</p>
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<footer class="entry-footer"><span title='2023-06-23 00:36:16 +0530 IST'>🔄 June 23, 2023</span> 3 min 🔖 <a href="/tags/non-fiction"> non-fiction</a> · <a href="/tags/indian-authors"> indian-authors</a> · <a href="/tags/religion"> religion</a> · <a href="/tags/favourites"> favourites</a></footer>
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<a class="entry-link" aria-label="post link to Annihilation of Caste(Annotated Edition) by Arundhati Roy" href="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/posts/reading/annihilation-of-caste/"></a>
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I have had a very curious relationship with religion, although now that I talk to others, it was a much more normal experience than what I led myself to believe. I followed the typical path of receiving a particular religion from my parents (born a “Hindu child”), which had a supporting role in my life up until my late-teenage/early-adolescent years.
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As is the norm for every child brought up in religion, I used to consider myself special believing that I had a “personal relationship” with God....</p>
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<footer class="entry-footer"><span title='2023-06-25 16:19:25 +0530 IST'>🔄 June 25, 2023</span> 4 min 🔖 <a href="/tags/religion"> religion</a> · <a href="/tags/non-fiction"> non-fiction</a> · <a href="/tags/parenting"> parenting</a> · <a href="/tags/favourites"> favourites</a></footer>
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<span title='2021-03-18 22:14:21 +0530 IST'>🗓 March 18, 2021</span> <span title='2023-06-25 16:19:25 +0530 IST'>🔄 June 25, 2023</span> 4 min 🔖 <a href="/tags/religion"> religion</a> · <a href="/tags/non-fiction"> non-fiction</a> · <a href="/tags/parenting"> parenting</a> · <a href="/tags/favourites"> favourites</a></footer>
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<a class="entry-link" aria-label="post link to Parenting Beyond Belief by Dale McGowan" href="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/posts/reading/parenting/"></a>
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Over the years, I have increasingly gravitated towards films where supposedly “nothing happens”. Characters talk, no attempt is made to instill a moral point into the minds of the audience, which is usually accompanied with long, patient shots of people existing in their environments. This was an excellent specimen of the same dish.
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I had watched Once Upon a Time in Anatolia from the same director previously and much like films by Wes Anderson, I could immediately tell this was Ceylan’s film right from the start, although these two directors could not be any more different....</p>
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<footer class="entry-footer"><span title='2023-06-25 16:07:49 +0530 IST'>🔄 June 25, 2023</span> 1 min 🔖 <a href="/tags/foreign-cinema"> foreign-cinema</a> · <a href="/tags/turkey"> turkey</a></footer>
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<span title='2021-03-15 21:30:40 +0530 IST'>🗓 March 15, 2021</span> <span title='2023-06-25 16:07:49 +0530 IST'>🔄 June 25, 2023</span> 1 min 🔖 <a href="/tags/foreign-cinema"> foreign-cinema</a> · <a href="/tags/turkey"> turkey</a></footer>
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<a class="entry-link" aria-label="post link to Winter Sleep (2014) by Nuri Bilge Ceylan" href="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/posts/cinema/winter-sleep/"></a>
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<p>Verdict: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Check it out on Letterboxd
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A slow, methodical display of patience and absurdity juxtaposed on the vast landscape, this film has something else going for it. When you read the synopsis or look at the posters, you expect a certain police procedural drama - the kind of which you’ve been accustomed to till date. What you get is a completely different take on the trope....</p>
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<footer class="entry-footer"><span title='2023-03-29 14:52:31 +0530 IST'>🔄 March 29, 2023</span> 1 min 🔖 <a href="/tags/foreign-cinema"> foreign-cinema</a> · <a href="/tags/turkey"> turkey</a></footer>
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<span title='2021-02-07 22:44:49 +0530 IST'>🗓 February 7, 2021</span> <span title='2023-03-29 14:52:31 +0530 IST'>🔄 March 29, 2023</span> 1 min 🔖 <a href="/tags/foreign-cinema"> foreign-cinema</a> · <a href="/tags/turkey"> turkey</a></footer>
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<a class="entry-link" aria-label="post link to Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011) by Nuri Bilge Ceylan" href="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/posts/cinema/anatolia/"></a>
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<p>Verdict: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Check it out on Letterboxd
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Motorcycling community is laden with fist-pumping-muscle-bulging-neckbeardy-speed-ninjas-Harley-fans, and it usually gets a bad rap all across the world. Gaurav Jani is none of these things. His passion and humility and curious nature reminded me why I loved biking in the first place. This is a must-watch for anyone fascinated with two wheels and the places they enable you to visit.</p>
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<footer class="entry-footer"><span title='2022-05-01 23:09:23 +0530 IST'>🔄 May 1, 2022</span> 1 min 🔖 <a href="/tags/motorcycling"> motorcycling</a> · <a href="/tags/favourites"> favourites</a> · <a href="/tags/india"> india</a></footer>
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<span title='2021-01-03 22:53:01 +0530 IST'>🗓 January 3, 2021</span> <span title='2022-05-01 23:09:23 +0530 IST'>🔄 May 1, 2022</span> 1 min 🔖 <a href="/tags/motorcycling"> motorcycling</a> · <a href="/tags/favourites"> favourites</a> · <a href="/tags/india"> india</a></footer>
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<a class="entry-link" aria-label="post link to Riding Solo to the Top of the World (2006) by Gaurav Jani" href="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/posts/cinema/riding-solo/"></a>
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I had picked up this one thinking it to be an autobiography, and with an expectation that it’ll cover Rajan’s tussles with the government in more details. I was pleasantly surprised to find instead a good collection of technical essays covering the workings of RBI, and economics in general. If you’re looking for a good explanatory work in the field of Economics (and especially those concerning India and its policies), you’ll enjoy this....</p>
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<footer class="entry-footer"><span title='2023-07-11 09:31:18 +0530 IST'>🔄 July 11, 2023</span> 1 min 🔖 <a href="/tags/non-fiction"> non-fiction</a> · <a href="/tags/economics"> economics</a> · <a href="/tags/india"> india</a></footer>
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<span title='2020-12-19 09:24:30 +0530 IST'>🗓 December 19, 2020</span> <span title='2023-07-11 09:31:18 +0530 IST'>🔄 July 11, 2023</span> 1 min 🔖 <a href="/tags/non-fiction"> non-fiction</a> · <a href="/tags/economics"> economics</a> · <a href="/tags/india"> india</a></footer>
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<a class="entry-link" aria-label="post link to I Do What I Do by Raghuram Rajan" href="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/posts/reading/i-do-what-i-do/"></a>
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There are films which you wish you had watched earlier in life, and there are others which don’t make sense until you have had your fair share of world experiences. Waking Life falls in the former category.
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The college sophomore me would have been really excited about discussing vague notions of self and freedom and free will and morality and dreams - and don’t get me wrong, mid-twenties me is equally as excited about these things as my former self, if not more so - but the problem lies in the superficiality of it all....</p>
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<footer class="entry-footer"><span title='2022-05-01 23:09:23 +0530 IST'>🔄 May 1, 2022</span> 1 min 🔖 <a href="/tags/philosophy"> philosophy</a> · <a href="/tags/animation"> animation</a></footer>
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<span title='2020-11-27 22:57:50 +0530 IST'>🗓 November 27, 2020</span> <span title='2022-05-01 23:09:23 +0530 IST'>🔄 May 1, 2022</span> 1 min 🔖 <a href="/tags/philosophy"> philosophy</a> · <a href="/tags/animation"> animation</a></footer>
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<a class="entry-link" aria-label="post link to Waking Life (2001) by Richard Linklater" href="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/posts/cinema/waking-life/"></a>
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<p>A series of essays on the bleak reality in India. Highly recommended.</p>
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<footer class="entry-footer"><span title='2023-06-23 08:58:20 +0530 IST'>🔄 June 23, 2023</span> 4 min 🔖 <a href="/tags/non-fiction"> non-fiction</a> · <a href="/tags/indian-authors"> indian-authors</a> · <a href="/tags/favourites"> favourites</a></footer>
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<span title='2020-09-30 22:22:13 +0530 IST'>🗓 September 30, 2020</span> <span title='2023-06-23 08:58:20 +0530 IST'>🔄 June 23, 2023</span> 4 min 🔖 <a href="/tags/non-fiction"> non-fiction</a> · <a href="/tags/indian-authors"> indian-authors</a> · <a href="/tags/favourites"> favourites</a></footer>
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<a class="entry-link" aria-label="post link to Azadi by Arundhati Roy" href="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/posts/reading/azadi/"></a>
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Reading fiction has always been a double-edged sword for me. Some of the most intimate moments I’ve spent alone is while reading fictional stories, while at the same time, feeling a pang of disappointment for myself because I wasn’t doing anything “productive.” Is this mere entertainment? Am I just escaping my real-life responsibilities and reading stories of make-believe? While I still haven’t found sincere answers to these questions, I’ve grown more confident of what I enjoy and what I don’t, which has consequently helped me find peace with this conflict....</p>
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<footer class="entry-footer"><span title='2022-05-01 23:09:23 +0530 IST'>🔄 May 1, 2022</span> 5 min 🔖 <a href="/tags/fiction"> fiction</a></footer>
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<span title='2020-06-28 19:45:36 +0530 IST'>🗓 June 28, 2020</span> <span title='2022-05-01 23:09:23 +0530 IST'>🔄 May 1, 2022</span> 5 min 🔖 <a href="/tags/fiction"> fiction</a></footer>
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<a class="entry-link" aria-label="post link to Stoner by John Williams" href="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/posts/reading/stoner/"></a>
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<p>I don’t know why, but I liked the eyes-only version more. Linked below is the work-in-progress sketch:</p>
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<footer class="entry-footer"><span title='2022-01-10 10:41:34 +0530 IST'>🔄 January 10, 2022</span> 1 min 🔖 <a href="/tags/sketching"> sketching</a></footer>
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<span title='2020-06-09 17:26:51 +0530 IST'>🗓 June 9, 2020</span> <span title='2022-01-10 10:41:34 +0530 IST'>🔄 January 10, 2022</span> 1 min 🔖 <a href="/tags/sketching"> sketching</a></footer>
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<a class="entry-link" aria-label="post link to A Beautiful Woman" href="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/posts/drawings/a-beautiful-woman/"></a>
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<p>I used to be obsessed with Sherlock (the HBO show) during the time it aired, and part of my fascination was with Martin Freeman here, who so brilliantly played the role of Watson.</p>
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<footer class="entry-footer"><span title='2022-01-10 10:41:34 +0530 IST'>🔄 January 10, 2022</span> 1 min 🔖 <a href="/tags/sketching"> sketching</a></footer>
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<span title='2020-06-09 17:20:16 +0530 IST'>🗓 June 9, 2020</span> <span title='2022-01-10 10:41:34 +0530 IST'>🔄 January 10, 2022</span> 1 min 🔖 <a href="/tags/sketching"> sketching</a></footer>
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<p>I have a particular affinity towards this sketch as I was very apprehensive about attempting Einstein, his face had much more complexity than what I usually dealt with, but it turned out good enough in the end.</p>
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<span title='2020-06-09 17:14:48 +0530 IST'>🗓 June 9, 2020</span> <span title='2022-01-10 10:41:34 +0530 IST'>🔄 January 10, 2022</span> 1 min 🔖 <a href="/tags/sketching"> sketching</a></footer>
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<p>Completely botched this drawing, but it reminds me of the drawing streak I used to have back when I was in my hometown during college vacations.</p>
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<p>I was either on acid or I had watched a sad movie before attempting this piece. A strange juxtaposition of Chaplin and Hitler.</p>
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<span title='2020-06-09 17:01:36 +0530 IST'>🗓 June 9, 2020</span> <span title='2022-01-10 10:41:34 +0530 IST'>🔄 January 10, 2022</span> 1 min 🔖 <a href="/tags/sketching"> sketching</a></footer>
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<p>My first attempt at drawing after dabbling in caricature pieces in my childhood :)</p>
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<span title='2020-06-09 16:51:23 +0530 IST'>🗓 June 9, 2020</span> <span title='2022-01-10 10:41:34 +0530 IST'>🔄 January 10, 2022</span> 1 min 🔖 <a href="/tags/sketching"> sketching</a></footer>
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a diverse array of deficits in hedonic function, including reduced motivation or ability to experience pleasure.
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At one point or another, we have all experienced some version of this phenomenon - may be characterized by an oversaturation of love, or caused by a prolonged mediocrity in life, or as in the case of our protagonist here, the complete loss of will and motivation to feel anything....</p>
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<footer class="entry-footer"><span title='2022-05-01 23:09:23 +0530 IST'>🔄 May 1, 2022</span> 4 min 🔖 <a href="/tags/foreign-cinema"> foreign-cinema</a> · <a href="/tags/norwegian"> norwegian</a></footer>
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<a class="entry-link" aria-label="post link to Oslo, August 31st (2011) by Joachim Trier" href="https://www.siddharthagolu.com/posts/cinema/oslo-august/"></a>
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How to fool the world and become a Billionaire I remember hearing about Elizabeth Holmes when I was in my late teens, at that impressionable age when you get hyper-inspired by reading about icons that are going to change the world. There was a profile of her in Wired, with an eye-catching image of her wearing a turtleneck black sweater holding what looked like a test-tube with a tiny amount of blood with a science-y background....</p>
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A disappointing jumble of thoughts Disappointed.
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I am an atheist interested in the power of mindfulness and the whole world of so-called spirituality, so naturally, I am the ideal audience that Sam Harris is looking for. But it disappointed in almost every domain that I had expectations in. Using deep-sounding difficult words and wrapping them in an almost mythical aura of “Consciousness”, this one was a huge letdown....</p>
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World history in a nutshell More than 1100 pages, this behemoth of a book still fails to capture the whole essence of world history - and rightly so. How can you combine over 2000 years of human history and still do justice to every element? But the unique manner in which this book - or more appropriately, collection of letters - has been written, it shines brightly amongst the plethora of history books you can find on this vast subject of world history....</p>
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If you’ve ever had a panic attack. If you’ve ever counted the number of times the ceiling fan rotates, just so you could avoid dealing with the endless voices in your head. If you’ve ever felt ashamed to admit that you might be suffering from the D-word. If reading about personal stories of how people overcame their mental illnesses soothes you....</p>
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I have been a lover of music since my early childhood - runs in the family - and have imitated and performed songs (mostly inside my own head) on numerous occasions. Despite this lifelong love affair with music of all kinds, there was one particular genre of music that always baffled me. Mostly because of my own ignorance, but partially also because nobody else was talking about it....</p>
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There are few books which leave you in a mesmerizing state after having read them. You ponder about it for days to come, want to scream your head off about it to anyone who’d listen, and then dwell in this fear of picking up another book because how can something else ever come close to being this perfect! I have felt this way before - first when I’d finished The Complete Sherlock Holmes, later when I was left in a daze for multiple days after finishing the notorious and brilliant House of Leaves, and much more recently when I was unable to sleep after reading Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker....</p>
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Started with a tightly-knit structure, but faltered at the end. The last few chapters were a slog to get through - mostly because of numerous “business-class” style case studies.
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Main takeaway? Other than the central idea around which the book revolves (and succinctly mentioned as the book subtitle too), the idea of interleaving is what struck me the most. I had already read about this particular method in Michael Nielsen’s brilliant post on Anki (“Augmenting Long-term Memory”) and it was interesting to read about it formally in the book....</p>
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The School of Life - a massively popular YouTube channel - used to be this source of solace in some turbulent times of my college life. It is not something that you’d think would be cheerful and uplifting - a quick glance at some of the most popular videos of the channel would include titles such as “Why we go cold on our partners”, “Why you will marry the wrong person” etc....</p>
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<p>Preamble Philosophy has always been one of those baffling things that entice you at first by its simplicity, but as you get sucked into it more and more, you find yourself searching for the end of this labyrinthine landscape. I had my first exposure to anything related to philosophy in my second year of college when I stumbled upon The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. At the time, it was one of the fascinating books I had ever read....</p>
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