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Notes from the desk: on reading, on writing, and on the books that keep coming back.
Latest · 18 September 2026
The art of the quiet opening
There is a kind of first sentence that grabs you by the collar. I admire it, but I have never been able to write it. My openings arrive quietly, usually as a single observed thing: a kettle, a doorway, a hand resting on a railing.
Read the entry- Read
What I re-read every monsoon
There are books that belong to certain weathers. When the sky turns grey, I reach for the same worn paperback and find new annotations waiting.
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Notes from a book tour
Ten cities, a hundred conversations, and the realization that readers always bring their own stories into the room.