Jan 27, 2026James
By Percival EverettMaybe takes over from The Aeneid as the best fan fic? I'm probably biased by temporal vicinity, but on top of being a tight, well-written, smart and funny book, and it does a great job of reconceptualizing and recontextualizing the source material. Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of Jim reveals expected racist tensions, hypocrisies and blindspots, that James fills and explores in a way that a few sentences of reviews will completely fail to articulate. It is stronger for the fact that all things considered, Huclkeberry Finn holds up surprisingly well. And then on top of all that it is in and of itself a solid and compelling story. I think Percival Everett is one of my favorite living novelists.
Jan 24, 2026Goan PancakesSweet and delicious, these pancakes are rather like a French crepe. The pancake itself is light and thin, and wrapped around a gooey filling of coconut and jaggery.
Sep 24, 2025ReflectionsMy copy of the Bhagavad Gita in Sanskrit seems to being with a series of mantras that I am not finding evidence for an association with the Gita itself. After this initial section, there is a translation of the Gita Dhyanam, which seems to be the more traditional "preface" to the Gita, although again - not part of the original Bhagavad Gita. I'll go ahead and work through this as well, though
Sep 24, 2025Bhagavad GitaOn a bit of a whim, I thought: "I should try to translate the Bhagavad Gita"