I wrote this in May 2026 and then left it sitting in my drafts for six weeks. Partly because it feels more personal than what I usually put online. Partly because writing honestly about uncertainty is uncomfortable when most of us are busy performing certainty. And partly because I wasn’t entirely sure I believed all of it yet. I’m still not sure. But perhaps that’s the point. So, here goes. ----- May 2026 Two years ago, I moved back to India. I hadn't planned on it. In fact, if you'd told me in 2020, when I packed my bags and left Bangalore for France, that I'd be back in four years, I'd have laughed it off as a failure of imagination. The plan had always been to stay abroad and build a career in Europe. The universe, well, had other plans. Four years abroad had been, by most measures, a good run. Two years in France at Sciences Po, a well-paid summer internship in Paris, the youngest funded researcher on a research project between Princeton, Columbi...
Little Mairpady, may this be the beginning of many accolades coming your way.
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Chikks
Hi Sanjith.. I am reporter working for a children's newspaper called RobinAge. We are based in Mumbai, but we have our circulation all over India. I would like to interview you for an article which I am doing about blogs. the interview can be done via phone, chat or mail, whichever is convenient for you. Kindly reply at pooja@robinage.com or patelpoojadeepak@gmail.com. Mean while you can check out website: www.robinage.com
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ReplyDeleteDear Sanjith Rao (Little Mairpady) ,
ReplyDeleteYour blog is quite nice.
Quite exceptional I should say.
You're a really , really nice blogger.
I say!
It's not quite common that people's names end up on newspapers every day!
Well you deserve.
- Dr.Greymtr Smith.
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