Primalsoup

Part notebook, part field guide, part chaos

Observations

  • Nights in White Satin

    [Representative Image generated using AI] Why does one feel friendlier and more social when visiting another city? Maybe it’s the thought of yet another room service dinner of rice and yellow dal, or perhaps it’s the loneliness of hotel rooms creeping in, making everything feel a little unsafe. You start longing for familiarity—who better to Continue reading

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  • Prisoner to Patterns

    [Representative Image generated using AI] Some years back, I read Ameen Merchant’s “The Silent Raga.” Its premise piqued my curiosity, drawing me in because of its resonance with my cultural context. You see, I used to be unabashedly parochial at one point (because I was young and stupid, I suppose). I was the type who Continue reading

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