Bidisha Satpathy — Excerpt: In the mirror, I look like I did in December, with an addition of about seven greying hair.
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On Coffee and Usefulness
Gary Finnegan — Excerpt: While every other aspiring sophisticate was splashing water into brown dust, we knew a better way.
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The Utter Irrelevance of Human Lives
R Karthik — Excerpt: Considering the vanity-inducing narratives that we have come to believe, it is disturbing to discover the truth of our irrelevance in the grander scheme of things.
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Lost in Venice: Beyond the Gondola Rides
Amrita Mukherjee — Excerpt: It was pointless to ask my husband anything now because he was definitely not within earshot. Also, he has this personal principle of not asking for directions from human beings but rely on a piece of code.
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Following the Mississippi
Lyndon Carrier — Excerpt: I think of all the people that rely on the river to live, I think of all the people that have followed its path.