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#scurf175: 4 texts that made me write

links and books that made me write & links to what I wrote

Apr 22 •

#scurf174: where does a thought go when forgotten

and other such superficial thoughts

Apr 13 •

#scurf173: The Creepy Comfort of Being Abandoned

On 'Chor' and other such existentialist expressions of losing (versions of) oneself

Mar 15 •

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#Scurf134: On 'Shauq' and Songs that Undo Us

Dec 3, 2022 • Anandi Mishra

#Scurf155: Me? A good-for-nothing

Sep 13, 2023 • Anandi Mishra

#Scurf160: a movie night alone

Dec 18, 2023 • Anandi Mishra

#scurf173: The Creepy Comfort of Being Abandoned

Mar 15 • Anandi Mishra

#Scurf149: My writing was changing with age, and I kept notes**

Aug 19, 2023 • Anandi Mishra

#scurf174: where does a thought go when forgotten

Apr 13 • Anandi Mishra

#scurf172: Reading Proust at Parties

Readers are actually little thieves, much like writers

Feb 26 •

#Scurf171: Shakti, Ustad Rashid Khan & more

Feb 12 •

#scurf170: Gary Indiana: the humanist in the bathtub

read his latest essay

Feb 9 •

#Scurf169: a few words of nostalgia

Feb 1 •

#Scurf168: Nudity of Body, Mind & Soul

My first memoir published in 2014 on its 10-year anniversary for a (now) defunct website called Helpost

Jan 27 •

#Scurf167: U-bahn paraphernalia & ors., circa Oct 23

I think I should put this out there

Jan 19 •

#Scurf166: Prabha Atre, Pune & my Thumri Blues

A wee bit of Ali Sethi, too

Jan 15 •

#Scurf165: hello, goodbye

we need a bit of waiting on the sidewalk sometimes

Jan 9 •

#Scurf164: How January Closes in, Ghazalistic

The senses fuse and coalesce into an old place with a myriad new secrets

Jan 4 •

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