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Sameer Gudhate•

You Can Have It All by Gaur Gopal Das — What It Made Dr Sameer Gudhate Rethink About a Great Life

What if having it all is not about getting everything?What does it actually mean to have it all?More money? A successful career? A happy family? Good health? Inner peace? Meaningful relationships? Freedom from regret?We tend to imagine these things as items on a checklist. The more boxes we tick, the closer we are to a great life.Gaur Gopal Das’s You Can Have It All made me question that definitio...

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You Can Have It All by Gaur Gopal Das — What It Made Dr Sameer Gudhate Rethink About a Great Life
Sameer Gudhate•

A Crown. A Promise. A War. — Bleeding Crown: Protector of Sivi by Rajesh Mehta | A Sameer Gudhate Re

A crown is supposed to be a symbol of power.But what if it is actually a debt?That was the thought I kept returning to while reading Rajesh Mehta’s Bleeding Crown: Protector of Sivi.Set in 726 BC, long before the familiar chapters of Indian history that most of us encounter in school, the novel takes us into the kingdom of Sivi, where a young prince is expected to inherit not merely a throne, but ...

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A Crown. A Promise. A War. — Bleeding Crown: Protector of Sivi by Rajesh Mehta | A Sameer Gudhate Re
Jayashree Arunshrikeshav•

Unbroken

They tried to bury me under the weight,I turned the dirt into a door and a gate.Every word that cut, every lie they said,I wore them like armor and moved ahead.I fell to my knees but I learned to stand,Took every scar and built with my hands.What was meant to break me only made me stronger,They wanted me shattered. But I lasted longer.

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ashwin doke•

Double Slit, Two Selves

Most of us have heard of the double slit experiment.As a refresher, here it is - You fire electrons, one at a time, at a plate with two slits cut into it. Behind the plate is a screen. Common sense says each electron goes through one slit or the other (its a particle), and you should end up with two bands on the screen. Like spray paint through two open windows.That is NOT what you get. You get ma...

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Double Slit, Two Selves
Sameer Gudhate•

Can We Ever Escape the Identity We Inherit? — Am I a Dalit? by Vijhay Sundar K.G., read and reviewed

There are some questions that are asked because we don’t know the answer.And then there are questions we ask because we are afraid of what the answer might mean.Am I a Dalit? belongs to the second category.Vijhay Sundar K.G.’s novel begins in a world where caste is not an abstract idea discussed in textbooks. It is present in families, relationships, social behaviour, humiliation and the choices p...

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Can We Ever Escape the Identity We Inherit? — Am I a Dalit? by Vijhay Sundar K.G., read and reviewed
Sameer Gudhate•

Parashurama Before the Axe, the Rage and the Legend — Kevin Missal’s The Axe of Rudra, Reviewed by S

There is a strange problem with legends.We meet them too late.By the time we hear their names, the transformation has already happened. The doubts have disappeared. The mistakes have been edited out. The person has become a symbol.Parashurama is one of those figures.We know the axe.We know the anger.We know the warrior.But who was Rama before he became Parashurama?That is where Kevin Missal’s Para...

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Parashurama Before the Axe, the Rage and the Legend — Kevin Missal’s The Axe of Rudra, Reviewed by S
Sameer Gudhate•

Dr Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar Wants Us to Question Reality. Sameer Gudhate Takes a Closer Look at The

There is something deeply comforting about certainty.We like knowing why things happen. We like clear answers, predictable outcomes and explanations that neatly close the conversation. We live in a time that makes this even easier. Algorithms predict what we might want next. Search engines find answers in seconds. Experts speak with enormous confidence. Even social media has turned complicated que...

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Dr Mrittunjoy Guha Majumdar Wants Us to Question Reality. Sameer Gudhate Takes a Closer Look at The
Sameer Gudhate•

Parvati by Samar — Sameer Gudhate Asks: Do We Really Know Parvati?

We have grown up with certain identities so familiar that we rarely stop to examine them.Parvati is Shiva’s wife.She is Ganesha’s mother.She is the embodiment of Shakti.She is Durga. She is Kali.We know these names. We know the stories.But do we know Parvati?That question stayed with me while reading Parvati by Samar.Because the interesting thing about this novel is not that it tells us another st...

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Parvati by Samar — Sameer Gudhate Asks: Do We Really Know Parvati?
Sameer Gudhate•

If Truth Be Told by Om Swami — Sameer Gudhate Asks: What Are We Really Searching For?

What would you be willing to give up if you genuinely believed that the one thing you were searching for could not be found in the life you were already living?That question stayed with me while reading If Truth Be Told: A Monk’s Memoir by Om Swami.Because the extraordinary thing about this memoir is not simply that a successful businessman became a monk.It is that the person who had seemingly acq...

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If Truth Be Told by Om Swami — Sameer Gudhate Asks: What Are We Really Searching For?
Sameer Gudhate•

After Us by Akshay Chopra — Sameer Gudhate Asks: What Happens When Humanity Is No Longer the Smartes

We have spent years asking whether artificial intelligence will destroy humanity.Akshay Chopra’s After Us asks a more unsettling question:What if it doesn’t?What if the intelligence we create is benevolent? What if it solves problems we couldn’t? What if it understands us better than we understand ourselves? What if it doesn’t need to hate humanity to make humanity irrelevant?That possibility stay...

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After Us by Akshay Chopra — Sameer Gudhate Asks: What Happens When Humanity Is No Longer the Smartes

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