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Chronicles of the Crawlin' Croc: The Joys of the Herd

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Chronicles of the Crawlin' Croc. Being an idiosyncratic account of the travails of a much-maligned computer geek who tends to think a lot. Wednesday, March 22, 2006. The Joys of the Herd. There was a discussion on our departmental group mail yesterday and today, kickstarted by Siddharth Brahma. Concerning Iraq. I read all the posts and got angrier and angrier. Angry because of the ad hominem attacks on Brahma. Because of the "we-are-so-pragmatic" responses showered by everyone. Wake up and smell the coff...

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Chronicles of the Crawlin' Croc: The Philistine Manifesto

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Chronicles of the Crawlin' Croc. Being an idiosyncratic account of the travails of a much-maligned computer geek who tends to think a lot. Wednesday, October 12, 2005. There are times in a man's life when the fight to preserve his intellect and sanity becomes imperative. It was one of those times. Sufficiently incensed, I thought to myself, what if all the people like my friend here had a hidden agenda? And so, with the purest of motives, I have decided to give to them a manifesto which they could call t...

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Chronicles of the Crawlin' Croc: A Breakup Dissected

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Chronicles of the Crawlin' Croc. Being an idiosyncratic account of the travails of a much-maligned computer geek who tends to think a lot. Tuesday, April 25, 2006. This was a very difficult undertaking for me, especially considering the fact that I had already gone through the phases described below and would have to relive them in order to map out my post completely. And then you cry some more. And you curse and you rant, and you forge for yourself a heart of iron, never to be broken again. And you decl...

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Chronicles of the Crawlin' Croc: A Tryst With Amitav Ghosh

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Chronicles of the Crawlin' Croc. Being an idiosyncratic account of the travails of a much-maligned computer geek who tends to think a lot. Wednesday, January 26, 2005. A Tryst With Amitav Ghosh. Yesterday I had the privilege of meeting and interacting with Amitav Ghosh, renowned writer of English literature (he hates being labelled a 'Commonwealth' or 'Indo-Anglian' writer). To speak on The Embattled Mind: Surviving A Fractured Society. After the talk, Mangal, Sash and I managed to stake out some space a...

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Chronicles of the Crawlin' Croc: No bread? Let them have cake!

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Chronicles of the Crawlin' Croc. Being an idiosyncratic account of the travails of a much-maligned computer geek who tends to think a lot. Sunday, May 28, 2006. Let them have cake! Or do you want his son also to join the family profession, so that you, and the remaining urbanized elitist 10% of India's population, can bask in the glory of "India Shining", you selfish casteist bourgeois titch you. Ah the shame, the shame. So why is this a problem? A Have studied in the top schools of the country, and.

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Chronicles of the Crawlin' Croc: First they took away our rockets...

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Chronicles of the Crawlin' Croc. Being an idiosyncratic account of the travails of a much-maligned computer geek who tends to think a lot. Saturday, October 15, 2005. First they took away our rockets. For ours is a choppier ocean of metaphor, and the ships of our intellect have yet to chart it fully. I fear, though, that the engines of our imagination have sputtered to a stop, never to start again. And I guess I know why. First They Took Away Our Rockets. The entrails have been read, so have the tea leav...

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Chronicles of the Crawlin' Croc: Exodus

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Chronicles of the Crawlin' Croc. Being an idiosyncratic account of the travails of a much-maligned computer geek who tends to think a lot. Thursday, April 10, 2008. To be honest, let's just say that I was not very surprised with the Supreme Court's judgement regarding OBC reservations. Disappointed, but not surprised. No, not that. The Nature of the Game. The reason D Raja was so agitated, the reason why YFE fought with such gusto, the reason why thousands of people leave the shores of this country never...

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Chronicles of the Crawlin' Croc: July 2009

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Chronicles of the Crawlin' Croc. Being an idiosyncratic account of the travails of a much-maligned computer geek who tends to think a lot. Monday, July 06, 2009. It has been a long journey. And, finally, the blog petered to a stop. I had lost my voice. Why? Exhorting others to reach for the impossible, I had compromised on my own goals. Pushing others to achieve their heart's desires, I had neglected mine. There's a brand new blog, at www.anshumanmishra.com. See you at my new blog! Links to this post.

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Chronicles of the Crawlin' Croc: A Touch of Sunset, A Book, and You

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Chronicles of the Crawlin' Croc. Being an idiosyncratic account of the travails of a much-maligned computer geek who tends to think a lot. Monday, October 02, 2006. A Touch of Sunset, A Book, and You. At the tender age of 7, I became Napoleon. Whee You marry the girl and. You get to conquer the world. What could be better than that? So I practised tucking my right hand inside my shirt and convinced myself that I looked suitably imperial. In due course of time, I grew up (regrettably), acquired the extern...