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· Photography

36 Frames

My father's Kodak KB10 had one roll of film in it. Twenty years, a Fujifilm X-T30 and an iPhone 17 Pro later, I still shoot like there are only 36 exposures left.

· Film & Series

Gattaca

Gattaca turns thirty next year. Its version of the future feels less like fiction now than it did then — and it's still the most human science fiction film ever made.

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· Travel

Someday

Seven places I want to see someday, from the Isle of Man TT and Route 66 to Old Trafford and San Siro, two stadiums that may be gone before I get there.

· Music

MTV Best

MTV Best, the ₹20 bootleg MP3 CD from 2003 that introduced me to Bryan Adams and English music, and the copy of it that survived in a friend’s Google Drive.

· Music

The CD Player

The CD player my father promised me if I scored over 80% in the 10th, the pirated films the whole family watched on it every weekend in Bhilai, and how it finally lost out to DTH.

· Coffee & Food

Tao-Fu

Tao-Fu at JW Marriott Pune, where I once asked for sushi, and where my fortieth birthday cheesecake came with Sichuan chilli flakes.