HeyJaredThe Internet: Personified
Letters from an Indian author in Berlin. I tell you amazing true stories & recommend incredible books.
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Excerpts from the book “A Popular Account of The Manners and Customs of India” (opens the original)
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Me recounting the plot of Elizabeth Gaskell’s final novel Wives and Daughters to you in great detail (opens the original)
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The Internet Personified: Mythology for the Millennial IV (opens the original)
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Welcome back to my occasional Mythology for the Millennial letter, where I take old Hindu myths and put them into context for young ‘uns. (Versions of these were published on Firstpost ages ago, but you might’ve missed those.) (Previous takes of this series include Ganga, Anasuya, Brahma and the Pandava twins.)<p class="
The Internet Personified: July 2026 Books & Culture Recap (opens the original)
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Looking over my reading for July, I realise what I most needed in this hot and social month, writing my own distinctly not soothing book, were gentle novels I could stick in my mouth and suck on whilst I went about my day. The Pacifier Book, if you will. My Pacifiers vary: often they are domestic thrillers, where a woman who is living a perfectly ordinary life suddenly discovers that Nothing is As It Seems. Many times they are about large Irish families going in and out of each other’s lives or
The Internet Personified: Things I Like (opens the original)
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For my new subscribers (welcome! hello!) inspired by this. Home.I like new leaves on houseplants, especially ones that seem to thrive despite your gentle neglect making you feel like you’re the best gardener in the world. I like having piles of books around the house in messy configurations that only make sense to me. I like flavoured oat milk in my coffee, mostly the Oatly caramel flavour but also vanilla. I like making my coffee iced on hot days in a tall glass and I like the silicon ice cube
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