Ayushman Khazanchi

Night Sky

On culinary evolution, regional recipes, and the eternal curse of correcting paella misconceptions.

Celebrating birthdays over dinner and sunset views in Week 42.

On tenderness, Porto sunsets, and processing feelings.

On finding words, new apartments, and learning to love easy in Weeks 35 and 36.

Getting caught in the rain, deloading, and anticipating movement in Week 34.

Launching The Desi Dispatch, curating news, and winning the Stockholm housing lottery in Week 33.

Celebrating old friends, new beginnings, and staying consistent in Week 32.

Three weeks of summer break, food experiments, and Tool concerts.

Staying afloat, pulled backs, bike projects, and launching Desi Dispatch in Week 26.

Signing a first-hand contract, acquiring a road bike, and finding movement in Weeks 24 and 25.

Finding lighthouses on hikes, metaphorical paths emerging, and biking through body fatigue in Week 23.

Hikes, gravel paths, and finding peace outdoors in Weeks 21 and 22.

A week of exhaustion, IKEA assembly, and learning that tackling massive projects all at once is a recipe for disaster.

Hard to write when your country is at war.

Browsing apartment listings and observing how people design their homes.

Finding the perfect movie after a trying week.

Reading Our Man, searching for apartments, and navigating life transitions in Week 16.

On missing people, sharing the same sky, and fixing scarf situations in Week 15.

Week 14 Spent the week oscillating in and out of a sickness-induced fog, with the first two days of the week spent just lying in the living room b.

Returning to posting after a month in India and being less critical.

Travel, movies, and the seven stages of losing a scarf.

Losing track of time and a favourite scarf.

Week 06 The etymology of the verb “worry” traces to the 1500s, when it was borrowed from Middle and Old English and meant “to choke or strangle.” .

A film about family reunion after 17 years of separation.

Week 04 I once read an old adage about a gardener with an impeccably maintained lawn.

Reading On Not Knowing by Emily Ogden and reflecting on uncertainty.

Weekly thought-notes on creativity, routine, and life in Sweden.

I recently watched The Umesh Chronicles at the Stockholm Film Festival.

Third unexpected encounter with Marcel Duchamp and The Large Glass.

At the end of July I went on a four-day trek to Bhrigu Lake, an alpine lake at an elevation of 14000 feet above sea level.

A mid-year review of experiences, travel, and life in 2019.

Emerging from a creative block and returning to writing after a long time.

Collections is an attempt at keeping a monthly record of the pieces of writing/art/media that I’ve found valuable and interesting.

A monthly record of valuable and interesting writing, art, and media from April 2018.

When I returned to India I’d never used Paytm but I’d heard a lot about it.

Write small, they say.

Thinking about the spaces we occupy, from palm trees and swimming pools to the ruins of corporate cities.

A week traveling through the Netherlands, Belgium, and France with notes on conveniences and inconveniences.

One Saturday I find myself walking these streets that I have known intimately for almost 3 years now. 17th street leading to Locust leading to 18th to

Outside, a thunderstorm has slowly gained momentum and I, unbeknownst to its advances, step out of a bookstore realizing I am not carrying an umbrella

A year in review: work, play, community, travel, and some fun numbers from 2016.

I have started getting into podcasts again.

On building habits, learning from Charles Duhigg, and creating habit loops.

Using the iPhone 6S for six months after switching from Google Nexus 5.

What is missing from learn to code services and why new coders get frustrated.

Last Monday (Jan. 11th) I decided to quit eating carbs for one week.

> So as not to be the martyred slave of routine, plan adventure, plan pleasure, plan pandemonium, as you wish; but plan, plan secretly and without res

Lots of interesting things happened in 2015.

He sits full on the seat, leaning back into the cushion, one leg over the other.