Everything Else Is Rubble

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The administrative office in front of the main building. In this age of endless information, I sometimes pause and realize something strange. I am drowning in information, but starving for memories. Every day, my mind absorbs hundreds of headlines, messages, videos, opinions, and notifications. Most of them vanish without a trace. Yet when I stop for a moment, memories from forty years ago return with astonishing clarity. Today, for some reason, my thoughts wandered back to my school and its teachers. I remember my kindergarten teacher, Ms. Carol at Little Angels. She was Anglo-Indian, impeccably dressed, and absolutely determined that every letter I wrote should sit neatly within the four lines of my notebook. Not touching the ceiling. Not falling through the floor. Perfectly contained. I don't remember what I had for lunch three days ago. But I remember those four lines. My first-grade teacher, Ms. Alice at BP Indian Public School, was...

Highly Recommended

Being an ardent fan of RK Narayan, I come across forwards from friends of the great man. It doesn't give me any more pleasure than to abandon everything and read about him. Here are a few links which make great reading.
  1. http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1914/19140670.htm - T.S. Sathyan
  2. http://www.flonnet.com/fl1416/14160980.htm
  3. http://www.flonnet.com/fl1416/14160970.htm
  4. http://churumuri.wordpress.com/2006/04/19/campaign-why-you-must-speak-up-for-rkn/
  5. http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/may/16spec.htm
  6. http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2006052100270300.htm&date=2006/05/21/&prd=mag
  7. http://www.rajiv.com/india/humor/rkn.htm
  8. http://www.bostonreview.net/BR31.4/lahiri.html
  9. http://www.outlookindia.com/dossiersind.asp?id=254&dn=R%2EK%2E+Narayan&ty=6
I will update this list as and when I get good links!

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