Month: February 2026

  • Weekly Notes 08/2026

    The week started at a low. I read this blog post by Arun which picked me up. This is the second in a four-part blog post about his family trip to Kanazawa in Japan. I would call it a photoblog. The descriptions below the image are not about the image but the camera sittings he used to take the picture.

    I was trying to do a project at work but did not get around to doing it till the end of this week. I got a lot of work done, though.

    Rest of the week was consumed by recovering from the cold and cough last week and the intrigues surrounding my daughter and her friends.

  • Sarvam Maya

    My wife and I watched Sarvam Maya on JioHotstar, together on a day when the kids were away at school. They joined us during the second sitting of the movie.

    It has been a long time since we saw something this light hearted and comic while addressing many things we see in our society around us. It covers how we think about ghosts, how we think about Gen Z (and their ghostly behaviour), atheism, shades of the drug issue in Kerala, and our shallow beliefs in our religious practice.

    The ending flummoxed me. Even such a light hearted movie required so much work as a viewer. There are deleted scenes on the Director’s and Producer’s YouTube channels. There is a podcast by the Director and actors from the movie, again on their YouTube channel. I finally had to also watch a Pirate Explains video on YouTube.

    The deleted scenes and the podcast are in the playlist below.

    There is a lot of content online from the actors of the movie. I finally stopped watching content from them.

  • Weekly Notes 6/2026

    This was a really weird week. I had a really bad case of bronchitis which the first line of medicines did not work well against. It required a second round of medicines to bring the issue under control including nebulisation.

    Cough medications made me really sleepy whereas the resultant cough did not let me sleep for a few nights this week.

    In this weird state, I read and shared a lot on my link blog. I now have some place public to share but the question is why not share this here? I don’t know.

    I have been sharing loads on Instagram stories and in WhatsApp status. This has seen more engagement than anything on my socials and on this blog.

    So, all I remember from this week is – coughing and not being able to sleep.

  • Weekly Notes 5/2026

    There is only a short introduction today. After our son had a Sports Day, I slept off most of the day today after having cold syrups. This Weekly Notes is a quickly put-together production to make sure that I don’t miss two Weekly Notes on a trot.

    My reading and watching has become slower and deeper. I am no longer trying to cover everything. I tried to go down many lists-inspired reading and ended up reading very little overall. I am now focussing and sharing stories with family.

    Reading

    Watching

    Ep 436 of the Seen and the Unseen podcast with Rukmini S.

    A part of this video blew up on X as a result of Elon Musk sharing it.

    I enjoyed listening to this episode.

    Three part series on pilgrimage tourism. I watched to try and get more insights there but ended up being more personal experiences.

    We definitely need more types of punk.

    This came out in December 2025 when I was in the hospital. I missed out because of that.

    This video starts quite innocently and gets dark very fast. Video is in Malayalam.