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The postman always came in the afternoon, after we had had lunch. He would knock on the door, and hand us the mail. I can't recall who...
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- Mar 4, 2017
- 1 min
Sadness (My Sometimes Friend)
Here you are again My sometimes friend You came in the middle of the night I lay awake with you wrapped around my heart And there...
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- Dec 15, 2016
- 4 min
How to Become a Scientist
You start by asking "Why?" repeatedly, from the time you learn to speak. On occasion, for variety, you ask "How?" Eventually, some...
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- Oct 29, 2016
- 2 min
Time Travel (or I Was By Your Side)
I am capable of instantaneous travel, of transporting myself anywhere in seconds. Thursday May 7, 2009. I travel from Sunnyvale,...
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- Oct 29, 2016
- 1 min
Mother
When I was a child Through raging fevers Chickenpox Measles Coughs and colds Tonsillectomy You were always there Gentle and kind...
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- Oct 10, 2016
- 3 min
Durian (an experiment)
In San Francisco, there is a restaurant in Chinatown on Washington Street at Kearny called Penang Garden. It serves...
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- Oct 1, 2016
- 4 min
To Sleep... (But Please, Hold the Dreams!)
Short version. A couple of months ago, I had a dream that starting out pleasantly enough and then became very disturbing. It has stayed...
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- Sep 9, 2016
- 1 min
Halley's Comet
Halley’s comet last appeared in 1986. My father, trained in mathematics, is fond of astronomy and woke up to see it in the middle of the...
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- Apr 9, 2016
- 1 min
Glowing Serpent
There you are, inches away Glowing irresistibly through the gorilla glass, tough and durable they say, I have broken three. Oleophobic so...
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- Apr 9, 2016
- 3 min
Heathrow circa 2002 (or The Power of a Word)
I had navigated the long and confusing walkways at London’s Heathrow airport, arriving finally at the security checkpoint which would...
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- Dec 9, 2009
- 5 min
City of Joy, City of Dust. "Freedom Song" by Amit Chaudhuri
"Daily," Amit Chaudhuri writes, "Calcutta disintegrates, unwhispering, into dust, and daily it rises from dust again." Calcutta, home to...
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- Jan 6, 2009
- 5 min
"Listening Now" by Anjana Appachana
Anjana Appachana's first novel, "Listening Now" starts in the 1950's and tells the story of several women and girls, belonging to three...
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- Feb 14, 2003
- 10 min
"Midnight's Children", the play, by the Royal Shakespeare Company (Feb 2003)
This review appeared in Outlook India magazine in February 2003. "‘Midnight’s Children’? Salman Rushdie’s book?" my friend in the...
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- Jul 11, 1996
- 1 min
Your laughter rings....(for Aria)
Your laughter rings through the halls of academe bouncing off the benchtops, rattling the racks of tubes lifting my heart. I marvel at...
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