I was tagged by Thejesh on a series of questions that he had answered about blogging . His format of writing in very simple one liners is what had prompted me to take up weekly notes as well. I think the format is very freeing to document how I live my weeks’. I discovered his blog ring and the fact that I’m in the ring only after reading that post. I had just fixed the RSS feed on my site and had added his blog to my feed (Because giving up Twitter meant I no longer see recent updates from contextual folks (Indians, politics, tech and other happenings) and I do not open BlueSky as much as I used to open Twitter for it does have an Indian momentum yet. I had to see updates somewhere, and thus I set up my first RSS feed, and caught the tag by accident. ...

Attemping a crowd sourced list of readings.

I write in brief about the making of the questions that were exhibited along with the Constitutional Observer, and a little of the vision for it.

We present Research Narratives that came out of a vision to have an environment that encourages responsible use of data for research and communication. It is a tool that provides a collaborative environment for multidisciplinary research or writing projects that communicate patterns from data.

I came across Maps of Uncomfortable Boundaries / Atlas of My World by Zarina at the Kochi Biennale. I would like to narrate my immediate set of thoughts, or observations, as a way to argue that maps are not simply representations but also vessels that contain, the visual nature by nature. Atlas of My World, 2001, six woodcuts with Urdu text printed in black on handmade Indian paper, sheet size 65 x 49.5 cm, edition of 20, © Zarina, courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York. Found from http://www.thirdtext.org/zamindar-zarina I immediately notice the Urdu text on the map. How often have I seen non-English text on India? Or on America, which traps my attention even more. The sheer visual quality of the map, with its obvious focus on the crude line that goes beyond the borders, semiotically represents more in weight and narration than any straight and clean line on a map or a word seemingly can. The handwritten, non-standardised text, also non-anglical text also narrates more. ...

The HW database is a collection of news articles, tweets, and other sources of information about the activities of Hindutva groups in India. I geocode the database and integrate it into a prototype narrative explorer.

A short recount of my experiences teaching sections of the ‘Light’ chapter from standard 8 text books for Parikrma School Students.

I use acne as height maps to generate and play with terrain

Empathising with the reduced social mobility of the elderly and designing accessibility devices to allow them to participate in games