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Ayushman Khazanchi
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Food For Thought
On culinary evolution, regional recipes, and the eternal curse of correcting paella misconceptions.
Over a Dinner
Celebrating birthdays over dinner and sunset views in Week 42.
Tender is the Feeling
On tenderness, Porto sunsets, and processing feelings.
Love Easy
On finding words, new apartments, and learning to love easy in Weeks 35 and 36.
Caughtado in the Rain
Getting caught in the rain, deloading, and anticipating movement in Week 34.
Monkey Business
Launching The Desi Dispatch, curating news, and winning the Stockholm housing lottery in Week 33.
Next Train Home
Celebrating old friends, new beginnings, and staying consistent in Week 32.
Summer
Three weeks of summer break, food experiments, and Tool concerts.
Momentum
Staying afloat, pulled backs, bike projects, and launching Desi Dispatch in Week 26.
Movement
Signing a first-hand contract, acquiring a road bike, and finding movement in Weeks 24 and 25.
Lighthouse
Finding lighthouses on hikes, metaphorical paths emerging, and biking through body fatigue in Week 23.
Three Four
Hikes, gravel paths, and finding peace outdoors in Weeks 21 and 22.
Anti-Focus
A week of exhaustion, IKEA assembly, and learning that tackling massive projects all at once is a recipe for disaster.
War
Hard to write when your country is at war.
Rooms, Repairs, and the Care of Things
Browsing apartment listings and observing how people design their homes.
Small Blessings
Finding the perfect movie after a trying week.
Our Man in Disguise
Reading Our Man, searching for apartments, and navigating life transitions in Week 16.
Same Sky
On missing people, sharing the same sky, and fixing scarf situations in Week 15.
Down and Out
Week 14 Spent the week oscillating in and out of a sickness-induced fog, with the first two days of the week spent just lying in the living room b.
Love, Mountains, and Broken Clubs
Returning to posting after a month in India and being less critical.
A Real Pain
Travel, movies, and the seven stages of losing a scarf.
In a Silent Way
Losing track of time and a favourite scarf.
On Worry
Week 06 The etymology of the verb “worry” traces to the 1500s, when it was borrowed from Middle and Old English and meant “to choke or strangle.” .
Farewell Amor
A film about family reunion after 17 years of separation.
Spiritual Garden
Week 04 I once read an old adage about a gardener with an impeccably maintained lawn.
On Not Knowing
Reading On Not Knowing by Emily Ogden and reflecting on uncertainty.
Week 01 and 02
Weekly thought-notes on creativity, routine, and life in Sweden.
The Umesh Chronicles
I recently watched The Umesh Chronicles at the Stockholm Film Festival. It is a coming-of-age story of Radha, a young Indian (Kashmiri pandit) girl in
The Large Glass
Third unexpected encounter with Marcel Duchamp and The Large Glass.
Bhrigu Lake Trek
At the end of July I went on a four-day trek to Bhrigu Lake, an alpine lake at an elevation of 14000 feet above sea level. Since my last trek to [Nag
The Year, So Far
A mid-year review of experiences, travel, and life in 2019.
Keeping Count
Emerging from a creative block and returning to writing after a long time.
Reading - May 2018
Collections is an attempt at keeping a monthly record of the pieces of writing/art/media that I’ve found valuable and interesting. More about the seri
Reading - April 2018
A monthly record of valuable and interesting writing, art, and media from April 2018.
Unhappy UX and Paytm
When I returned to India I’d never used Paytm but I’d heard a lot about it. With an overnight [demonetization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Indi
Exit Series - Ethos
Write small, they say. These fancy sentences will take you nowhere but down. These are the king’s domain and don’t you know, all kings get their heads
Exit Series - Spaces
Thinking about the spaces we occupy, from palm trees and swimming pools to the ruins of corporate cities.
Observations From a Week in Europe
A week traveling through the Netherlands, Belgium, and France with notes on conveniences and inconveniences.
Exit Series - Cultural Criticism
One Saturday I find myself walking these streets that I have known intimately for almost 3 years now. 17th street leading to Locust leading to 18th to
Exit Series - Surprise
Outside, a thunderstorm has slowly gained momentum and I, unbeknownst to its advances, step out of a bookstore realizing I am not carrying an umbrella
2016 - Numbers and Thoughts
A year in review: work, play, community, travel, and some fun numbers from 2016.
Podcasts
I have started getting into podcasts again. Last night, I re-downloaded the default Apple app and subscribed to a few podcasts - The Accidental Creati
Building Habits
On building habits, learning from Charles Duhigg, and creating habit loops.
Some Thoughts on Using the iPhone
Using the iPhone 6S for six months after switching from Google Nexus 5.
The Gap in Learning Code and Building With Code
What is missing from learn to code services and why new coders get frustrated.
What I Learned in One Week of Zero Carbs
Last Monday (Jan. 11th) I decided to quit eating carbs for one week. My first encounter with this was a couple of years ago, sitting on a family frien
Misadventures in Creativity
> So as not to be the martyred slave of routine, plan adventure, plan pleasure, plan pandemonium, as you wish; but plan, plan secretly and without res
Towards a Year of Collaborations
Lots of interesting things happened in 2015. I moved into a full-time role, moved into the heart of Philadelphia, experienced what working 12 hour day
S. T. Dubey - Part I
He sits full on the seat, leaning back into the cushion, one leg over the other. He is packing tobacco into his pipe and his evening pour of sherry li