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Dear reader, I watched a Neil Gaiman masterclass recently where he said he gets himself to write by boring himself. To achieve that, Gaiman is typically…
Varun Shetty
Dear reader, I'm a day late. India have been playing cricket in the West Indies for the last month or so, and as one of the commentators at work, I've…
Varun Shetty

August 2019

Dear reader, Badminton courts in Indian apartment complexes are reserved for cricket and cultural programmes. There's one under my balcony, which means…
Varun Shetty
Dear reader, Occasionally I've found myself in phases where everything I write just...works. The ideas, the flow, the imagery - they get along and…
Varun Shetty

July 2019

Dear reader, Fast food places are fast because there isn't a learning curve, is there? There is the kitchen. There is the cashier. There is his bell…
Varun Shetty

January 2019

Dear reader, I need to tell you something about Richard Feynman, genius scientist, and privileged newsletter appearance maker. If you've forgotten, I'm…
Varun Shetty
Dear reader, It's January 8 and there's a good chance your fitness goals, if any, have begun fading into fantasy by this point. That's not a dig at you…
Varun Shetty
Dear friend, I stuck my hand out into the darkness and was promptly yanked awake by the dead sapiosexuals under my bed. Even a hibernating newsletter…
Varun Shetty

September 2018

Dear reader, This week’s Memory of Embarrassment was freshly baked on Wednesday and I remember every detail of it. I also happen to have it recorded on…
Varun Shetty

August 2018

Dear Reader, If things had gone as they were supposed to, I would’ve warned you today that next week’s newsletter might come in late, or not at all. Or…
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Dear Reader, My choice of hero has always been the unsung one and my earliest memory of this choice involves Suniel Shetty. Okay, okay. If you’ve…
Varun Shetty
Dear reader, I don’t know if they were part of a generational wave in the late 90s, but both my parents went to work when I was a child, and apart from…
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