Author: Thejesh GN

Uma - Collecting flowers on the way 2

Intentional Observation

Uma started school last week. As part of her schooling, I attend school every day to observe her and provide support if needed. Currently, it’s for an hour every weekday. During this period, I sit there observing her and her surroundings for an hour, and nothing else. I don’t interact with her or...

Anti CAB Protests 2

There won’t be another Emergency

In 1975, India under Indira Gandhi declared an Emergency to enable arbitrary actions by the state, suspending all fundamental rights of citizens. Today, those same powers exist under regular law. Over time, every ruling government has passed laws—like IPC 124A, AFSPA, the now-defunct POTA, NSA, UAPA, Sec 144/IT Act, PMLA, Sec 132/Income Tax,...

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Weekly Notes 28/2025

Uma started school this week at Earth School. We walk to school every day. It’s about 500 meters, but it takes us at least half an hour to cover that distance. Everything on the way has to be observed by her every day. Taking time to write out an idea or observation forces...

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Local LanguageTool With Eloquent and LibreOffice

English wasn’t my first/primary language. I attended a Kannada-medium school during my primary school years and switched to an English-medium school in high school. I caught up with it as I grew up speaking it with friends and then colleagues, as English is the primary language at work 1. Now that we are...

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Weekly Notes 27/2025

Welcome to the second half of 2025. How was the year so far for you? For me, it’s been mostly good, except for the radiculopathy and the rapid pace of the year. If the first half has gone by so quickly, I can’t imagine how fast the second will go. It usually feels...

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Cinema Sundays with My Parents

I watched so many (probably hundreds?) movies with my parents as a child and a teenager. We mostly saw them in theaters; in fact, there was no other option. The first set I remember is Premaloka and Ranadheera, directed by Ravichandran. Both were remakes, but it didn’t matter. Premaloka was released in 1987...