Infinity Inklings

How do I explain a god with an elephant head to my foreign friends?

On the impossible task of translating a civilisation in real time

Dec 3 • 

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November 2025

Why I'm finally writing what every South Asian son thinks but never sends

Because some things are easier to write in a newsletter than say at the dinner table

Nov 19 • 

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The spice that built the modern world

How the empire of pepper changed India (and my family)

Nov 5 • 

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October 2025

I would still write, but I’d be bitter about it

In defence of beauty, ornament, and the uneasy business of admitting you want to be read

Oct 29 • 

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The fog and the fireworks

On writer’s block, Jeffrey Archer, and finding small wins

Oct 22 • 

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Stalled in Mumbai

Notes on writing while stuck in traffic

Oct 8 • 

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The Muslim queen who built Buddhist temples

A work-in-progress chapter from my book

Oct 1 • 

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September 2025

Longing across borders

On divided families and forgotten connections along the Line of Control

Sep 24 • 

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"We are Ladakhis first"

Plus: Introducing the Infinity Inklings Postal Club for PAID subscribers!

Sep 17 • 

Nishad Sanzagiri

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On chance encounters

Making friends in the high Himalayas

Sep 10 • 

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Mumbai after Ganesh Chaturthi

A meditation on traditions and contradictions

Sep 3 • 

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August 2025

To walk a city goodbye

Au revoir, London

Aug 27 • 

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