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On Indianapolis' Public Transit

With your pockets well protected at last And your streetcar visions which you place on the grass And your flesh like silk, and your face like glass Who…

Aug 11, 2022 •

Sridhar Bhagavathula

March 2022

Why Bookstores Matter

Algorithms Are Convenient--but What Are We Giving Up?

Mar 30, 2022 •

Sridhar Bhagavathula

January 2022

How to Not Be a Screen Junkie

Why should we move to find Countries and climates of another kind? What exile leaves himself behind? —Horace Today that line may well read, “what exile…

Jan 31, 2022 •

Sridhar Bhagavathula

December 2021

A Toast to Christopher Hitchens

Of all the ironies in Christopher Hitchens’ life, one of the saddest is that he passed away before he could enjoy his success. He was by no means a…

Dec 20, 2021 •

Sridhar Bhagavathula

November 2021

The Perils of Speaking Online

Most people, even otherwise smart and successful people, don’t really know how to read. Words, for them, can interact with existing frames in their…

Nov 6, 2021 •

Sridhar Bhagavathula

September 2021

Chasing Nabokov

After an aborted attempt at reading a listless novel, I picked up something which was sure to make my spine tingle: Vladimir Nabokov’s Invitation to a…

Sep 10, 2021 •

Sridhar Bhagavathula

July 2020

Musicians, especially flutists, are ridiculous. The field is populated by garden-variety village idiots, and the profession is largely a closed circle…

Jul 19, 2020 •

Sridhar Bhagavathula

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