Boteco
Boteco is in Central Bangalore and serves Brazilian food, probably the only one of its kind in the city. We found the drinks and food decent, but could have done with better service.
Month: September 2022
Blockchain Chicken Farm: And Other Stories of Tech in China’s Countryside
One of the best books I read in 2021. Though I bought it for the two keywords in the title, it went far beyond that. There’s travelogue, technology, culture and community, future and sometimes even a bit of contemplative philosophy, and together, it provides fantastic perspective and insights into rural China.
Kochi Chronicles – Part 3
Back in 2020, we started playing tourists at home. This is the first of the Cochin trips – Fort Kochi and Mattancherry.
Identity: Contemporary Identity Politics and the Struggle for Recognition
Even the best of liberal democracies have not been able to solve for “identities”. Fukuyama does a great job of tracing the evolution of identity in the first part of the book, but fumbles a little bit by restricting himself to a single perspective when analysing contemporary identity politics in the second half.