This is a spoiler-free book review of Permutation City. This book was written in 1994 by the Australian mathematician and writer Greg Egan. He has a very peculiar background, which is that of mathematics and programming. In mathematics, he is known for having solved a combinatorics problem. The problem is very easy to explain, there’s even this Quanta magazine article about it.
What is it about? It is a fiction based on the theme of uploading one’s consciousness to a computer.Read more...
I recently bought a Remarkable 2.
This is a political cartoon I made on it. It’s about the India’s right wing reacting to Rihanna.
Let me know what you think!
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Lately, I had seen a film called Salim Langde pe mat ro. I wrote a review of that film in a previous blog post. I had really liked that film, so I tried to watch another film by the same director Saeed Mirza called Albert Pinto ko gussa kyon aata hai. The title in English would translate as “Why does Albert Pinto get angry?”.
In this post, I will give a spoiler free review of the film and my thoughts about it.Read more...
The following is my discussion about a ghazal written by the Urdu poet Mir Taqi Mir. But who is he?
Mir Taqi Mir (1723-1810) was a contemporary of Mirza Ghalib operating in the city of Lucknow. He was one of the first Urdu poets and he has pretty much shaped the language itself. Of course comparisons will be made between Mir and Ghalib and Wikipedia even has this section about what Ghalib said about Mir.Read more...