Shantesh Patil

I never thought I’d be the kind of person who writes about cooking.

Yesterday I finished watching season 2 of "Monarch: Legacy of Monsters" on Apple TV, and “fun ride” is honestly the best way to describe it.

There is something about One Piece the live action series from Netflix that makes it feel like nothing I have watched before.

I finished reading Fingersmith by Sarah Waters today.

I just finished playing Keeper.

I’m not quite sure when I added this book to my reading list or where the recommendation came from, but it turned out to be the first book I finished in the new year.

Prague Castle stands as the world's largest castle complex, and after countless visits since arriving in this magnificent city, I continue to discover new pathways, hidden alleys, and enchanting spots that reveal themselves with each exploration.

As I watched the final few moments of Rogue One and realized that this was where Cassian Andor's journey came to a definitive end, I felt, along with a touch of sadness a connection with the Star Wars universe that I had never felt before.

I recently read an article about the movie Udaan and it's impact on the author when it was first released in the year 2010.

I took my 7-year-old son to watch the latest Jurassic Park movie at his insistence.

Most of us have heard about the whole Soham Parekh saga by this point.

Just finished playing Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

My wife recently bought me a lovely tote bag officially licensed by the National Geographic.

I was watching an episode of the TV show Silo recently when there was a part involving the usage of a computer.

I just returned from a five-day trip to Paris, and right off the bat, I must say that it was an amazing experience.

Years ago, when I first started blogging, I faced a common challenge: finding the perfect image for each post.

We've all had those moments where panic strikes after realizing we've accidentally thrown something important away.

There's a peculiar magic in the days leading up to a trip home.

Scrolling through Twitter, I stumbled upon a post by someone I follow.

I was reading a part of Sahil Bloom's newlsetter about a speech by Kurt Vonnegut.

There's something magical about discovering a city through its veins of public transportation.

I just finished reading Frederick Forsyth's classic thriller, 'The Day of the Jackal'.

As I stepped off the bus today, something unexpected happened that brightened my entire day.

We live in the modern world of editors now.

The other day, a strange memory came back to me.

When you're from India, seeing beggars on random streets and at traffic lights becomes a common sight.

Recently, I had a moment of reflection after listening to an episode on Atlas Obscura about an unusual yet fascinating topic: writing letters to trees.

I stumbled upon a Twitter thread today that really made me pause and think.

I was sitting somewhere around my 5 year old as he was playing with his toys.

This post has nothing to do with that movie.

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There are some of us who are simply more prone to losing things.

When I first watched the movie Killa more than year ago I felt a profound sense of joy after the credits had rolled.

It's an exceptionally bright November morning for Prague.

Short winter days mean trying to make the most of the daylight hours.

I was tossing and turning all night.

I was reading a science fiction book that, like many others, makes use of the idea of cryogenically freezing people and then bringing them back to life when the time is appropriate.

It was too late.

When I was living in India, the way I bought my books sadly was almost exclusively via Amazon.

When news of the war in Ukraine first started coming in, I was still back home in India.

When you search for a famous European city online, the first images that pop up on your screen usually make one hell of an impression.

When I woke up today and walked towards the balcony, I had a pleasant surprise.

New year's resolutions for most people are quite pointless.

I read about 20 books less than last year but with the move to a new country and a lot more travel I expected to read less.

When I was trying to come up with a year-end list of my favourite books, I paused at a couple of books by Dervla Murphy.

My wife found this book at a bookstore in Pondicherry just before we were scheduled to head back home.

I heard this one many years ago from someone from my parents’ generation.

I got this book in a rather unorthodox way through the Indian Postal service via a mail order from the author.

The subtitle The World Before for the fourth game in this adventure game series is representative not just of the setting of this particular game; for me it is also representative of an entire genre of games that I used to enjoy before.

When I took a work trip to Switzerland in 2008 the internet mostly existed in the form we know today.