Adorning the Trifles One More Time
Dear Sarvanama: This perhaps is the last piece sounding like I am obsessed with talking about my KU days. I promise I will try to move up through the ladder…
How I Internalize Leadership
What I’m writing here may benefit those aspiring to leadership, since it requires a comprehensive understanding of different leadership types. I will not go into the details of leadership theories,…
On Inventing Untraceable Trails
Dear Sarvanama: Every time I close a post, I promise not to complain about people. And every time I begin one, the first subject to nag me into scribbling happens…
Ode on a Binding Title
Dear Sarvanama: I am resolute to keep my schedule going—one epistle at least a fortnight. That’s not too much for my keenness on written words. The epistolary format gives me…
Beyond Trivial Binaries
Dear Sarvanama (A to Z): You need not be unsure whether this artefact is meant to convey anything to you. You will not identify with it until you have read…
The Circuit Breaker
As I sit down to scribble thoughts, I remember the hours when I wondered whether my right hand would ever hold a pen and glide words and sentences along. But…
Creative Mandate: A Recent Probing
CONTEXT (FALL 2024): Dear Students, Here we are doing some fun writing. We will call this assignment “Ask Thy Teacher Two Good Questions.” Remember the simple rule: You will ask…
My Sensibility as a University Teacher
By destiny or design, I started as a ‘nursery teacher’ in 1994 following a fairly detached effort to be trained in ‘electronics’ (radio and television). Now as a Professor in…
Conversation with a Machine Friend
HRK: How authentic and ethical is it if I use the texts you generate from my prompts? Claude AI: That’s a thoughtful and important question. Here’s my perspective on the…
Making Sense of Poetry
Mornings are cold these days. My cohort (the class from Dang) members get ready almost on time. At least one or two remain signed up when I enter the Google…
Ode on Moving
I am tracing a point of convergence. Convergence sticks to my conscience as a motto of life. But here I should rather call it the point of return if ‘convergence’…