Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Colchicum luteum: Berkeley Claremont Public library M March 23, 2026 - Vivek Hutheesing * * * What are 10 great Indian novels inspired by Yoga, possibly comic, along the lines of Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard? Karen Brennan - Start with Questions: The Classroom as Design Studio & "Start with Questions" Book Party at HGSE - AND to Apply to #WUaSMultimediaHospitalRoom in #RealisticVirtualEarth #ForAgingReversal #ForLongevity too? * * * The path to #ScottishIndependence in next ten years - and re Scotland WUaS too? * * * Might you be helping a #YogaFriend do #YogaPoses ... !and #AsWeMayLiveTo150andWellBeyond:) ?



Berkeley Claremont Public library M March 23, 2026 - Vivek Hutheesing 



Dear Vivek, 

Great to meet and talk with you at the Berkeley Claremont public library. Say hello to Elliott (Thurston) from Scott when and if you see and meet.

Namaste, Yogically, best wishes, 
Scott


PS

blogged about the Inner Game of Tennis not that long ago - 




PPS

Am reading Vivek Shanbhag's Ghachar Ghochar presently, written originally in Kannada language - 

Regarding World Univ & Sch too, I asked Gemini recently also -


What are 10 great Indian novels possibly comic along the lines of Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard?

What are 10 great novels from India that are potentially inspired by Yoga Asana, 8 limbs of Yoga, Patanjali's Yoga, possibly comic, and along the lines of "Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard" by Kieran Desai, "Ghachar Ghochar" by Vivek Shanbhag?

https://gemini.google.com/share/deca0a94612e
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Namaste, 
Scott




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Hi Scott,

Likewise, and will do regarding Elliot.

And please check out the community-driven (literally and figuratively) shared mobility startup I cofounded some months ago.  Here's the a one-liner that best describes it:

We make it easy and rewarding for everyone who drives to give rides to people they know.

Basically, we plan to turn every moving car on the planet into a carpool by financially incentivizing car owners and their riders. If they both adopt our vision as their own, which I'm confident they will, we'll help to dramatically lower the cost of driving and/or riding to just 25 cents per mile travelled.  This means driving will be 75% less costly than it is today, and riding will be 95% less costly than it is today.  So every location will be a stronger community than it is today.


Thanks for reaching out to me a short while ago!
Vivek
From: Scott MacLeod <sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org>
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2026 1:55 PM
To: vhutheesing@comcast.net <vhutheesing@comcast.net>; Scott MacLeod <yogamacflower@gmail.com>
Subject: Berkeley Claremont Public library M March 23, 2026




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Dear Vivek, 

Thanks for your emails as well. I looked at your App briefly before your emails. World Univ & Sch in a #GrowWithGoogleWUaS program, and in seeking to code for all 7.9 billion people on the planet, each a Wikidata PIN # from here - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/You_at_World_University - and to facilitate people to people free universal education with free WUaS degrees online from home - Bachelor, PhD, Law, MD, IB high school / sim AA / AS and Master's degrees in each of all 200 countries and in their main languages - and with wiki-teaching and wiki-learning for speakers of all 7159 known living languages in 200 countries, and to end poverty potentially, with a partnering email from Stanford Mine Pi cryptocurrency - https://minepi.com/sgkmac - free money daily ... and by seeking to distribute it most people on the planet, and potentially the poorest 1 billion to end poverty, as the WUaS Corporation, our WUaS 2 wing, seeks also reimbursement from departments of education, and central banks for getting Mine Pi cryptocurrency from WUaS itself, possibly by multi-listing on most of all of ~ 200 countries' stock exchanges eventually. Are you in communication with Waymo, an Alphabet subsidiary? With your MBA degree I'd think you'd have some great ideas re WUaS with time.

Re your APP, WUaS is also facilitating a #RealisticVirtualEarth eg for genetics, and even aging reversal genetics and longevity genetics, ones first FDA approved by 2050??> and think Google Street View with time Slider, GOOGLE MAPS, TensorFlowAI and Geminia and at the GCellView and GMoleculeView level - 

eg from here - 

with possibly much relevance re GMaps for your app.

Check out Peter Norvig's INCREDIBLE #ToolifyAIWUaS article 
Revolutionizing Education with Machine Learning and AI: World University IN School 
March 2, 2024

each a major university building on MIT OCW in 7 languages

all 7159 living languages in htose languages 

Greetings to Elliott ... looking forward to talking further with time.

best wishes, abolition, thanks, more later, regards, 
Scott





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Hi Scott,

I no longer maintain this word press site so it may have broken links, but I think you will enjoy this speech my father gave a few years before he passed away.  My father was a very special person, and everyone who knew him, whether as family, or in business, the arts, and many other circles, said they always learned from their interactions with him.  In the Q&A, he asks the audience if they can identify India's number one export.  Enjoy!


Off to a meeting.

Be well!
Vivek


From: Scott MacLeod <sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org>
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2026 1:55 PM
To: vhutheesing@comcast.net <vhutheesing@comcast.net>; Scott MacLeod <yogamacflower@gmail.com>
Subject: Berkeley Claremont Public library M March 23, 2026





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Scott Yoga Mac Flower MacLeod

Mar 23, 2026, 4:15 PM (3 days ago)
to vhutheesing@comcast.net, me

Vivek, 

"Meditation and Yoga" your father said  ... from India to the world as the greatest 'exports' - great (at the 57 minute mark) ... Fascinating turning of the question around ... Loving also your father's adroitness in responding to all those questions ... and somehow philosophically! :) Great to meet you as well.

Thanks, Namaste, and Yogically,
Scott 
Yoga Notations - 

PS 
Will add you to the free open Restorative Yoga explorations' email thread -  on Saturdays around 8 am Pacific Time, 11 am Eastern Time, possibly 9:30 PM India Time ...  eventually in a Zoom call Yoga hall for conversational Yoga feedback ... Here's teh last one - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2026/03/lotus-hosackia-formosissimus-gracilis.html - ... and it's part of a #YogaAndLongevityGeneticsConvo #WUaSYoga conversation (#Hashtags again I think on #TwitterX and #LinkedIN)




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Vivek Hutheesing

Mar 23, 2026, 6:49 PM (3 days ago)
to Scott, me
Thanks so much, Scott. Very kind of you to listen to my father’s talk!  Vivek

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We make it easy and rewarding
for everyone who drives to give
rides to people they know.

Vivek Hutheesing (he/him/his)



From: Scott Yoga Mac Flower MacLeod <yogamacflower@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2026 4:15 PM
To: vhutheesing@comcast.net <vhutheesing@comcast.net>
Cc: Scott MacLeod <sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org>
Subject: Re: Berkeley Claremont Public library M March 23, 2026




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Hi Vivek, 


Thanks again for your email. I've only listened to your father's great Q&A so far per your suggestion, and with much appreciation, but will check out his initial talk too - 



A lot of Hinduism comes through in his talk as I see this. Are you still in touch with your father's World Bank circles in the greater DC area? Is your mother still alive, and if so where does she live, with you based in Berkeley?

Also, I'm only guessing that Elliott is a senior manager at the Claremont Hotel Spa and Resort, since I haven't been in touch with him for a while, but I have been in touch with his brother David in the DC area quite recently; we used to play tennis together in the mid 1970s in southeast Massachusetts especially and to keep the ball going back and forth, almost as a meditation, a kind of 'Zen tennis.' They're both pretty smart; their dad, for example, Ladd Thurston, whom I knew a bit as a young person, went to both Harvard college and Harvard Law school.

On a slightly more somber note, and with two death threats to me since the Sunday before last, and in WUaS growing a worldwide abolition movement to protect people, how are you at Roam-it navigating questions of making its customers secure e.g. from international organized crime even, and possibly legally but also culturally eg to abolish the wrongful buying and selling of people in the illegal sex, drugs, violence, car theft, military targeting, rare species' industries etc. internationally and their latent networks of violence? There may also here - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2026/03/red-dahlia-to-dance-or-pools-virtually.html - be a death threat to the former FBI Director Robert Mueller which I also blogged about yesterday - 

Your sharing a video of your Dad, Ajit, makes me want to try to locate some videos of my father GKM MD - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_K._MacLeod - before his head injury on 12/30/04 in Belize on univ of pitt managed at the time semester at sea (eg http://scottmacleod.com/family.htm)  ... which I may have even on an old high 8 video camera. Thanks, Vivek!

Friendly NtF Quaker & Unitarian U regards, abolitionally, best wishes, Yogically, Namaste,
Scott 

WUaS Weekly Business Meeting (loosely conducted in the manner of unprogrammed Friends NtF Quakers) & News and Q&A from today 3/23/26



Happy Yoga Meditation, Vivek ! 








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Awful to hear about the two death threats.  In the future (not yet), the ROAM app will allow you to choose your riders, and your riders to choose you.  So it's about giving rides to people you know.  So, I don't think international organized crime should become an issue for us.  Vivek

From: Scott MacLeod <sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org>
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2026 7:38 PM
To: Vivek Hutheesing <vhutheesing@comcast.net>
Cc: Scott Yoga Mac Flower MacLeod <yogamacflower@gmail.com>



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Vivek, 

Hi Vivek, 

Best wishes with ROAM App ... 

Regarding potentially the owner somehow 'nole ksum' of aslet vehicles and  twitterX too, received the death threats through 2 TwitterX feeds 2 Sundays ago, and see - http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2026/03/red-dahlia-to-dance-or-pools-virtually.html ... And after a death threat before the CoV 2  pandemic lockdown via GPS too I posit on pandora music app ... which my friend Ed Smyth MD of KP NorCal checked out ... Methinks such mapping apps such as probably Roam-it too are difficult to make secure. And if people are making money somewhere in the ride sharing negotiation, there's incentive to make more, letting security slide ...

I think Friendly NtF Quaker informed World Univ & Sch in seeking to code for most of all 7.9 billion people and for avatar agent electronic health records for extreme longevity fda approved will help grow this worldwide abolition movement ... And in seeking & calling for US federal government law to work effectively with state of CA law in new ways ...

In the meantime, am appreciating the Desiderata prose poem in Yoga signature below  ... and in WUaS continuing to reach out to the US federal government In these regards  

Abolitionally, best wishes, staying alive (from universities' organized crime re my father's 'death blow' in a foreign country of Belize I posit & even from intl organized crime in cahoots even with US uniformed armed services I posit, & the day before my birthday), Yogically and regarding the karma, dharma and the wheel of life, thanks, 
Scott 





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Vivek, and Ed & Pin, 

I'd like to introduce you all to one another: friends - Ed is a MD in Berkeley, a friend from the mid 1990s, and Pin / Sid is in the US federal government in HHS, and a friend from around 1974 at Shady Side Academy (and we lived about 3 blocks from each other in the same neighborhood), also born in India living there for the first year of his life, like you, Vivek: Pin, and Ed, - I met Vivek in the public library yesterday, and he shared with me a very wonderful video of his father, from India, who worked with the World Bank in DC for some years, suggesting watching the Q&A -



And just replied to your message in LinkedIn, Vivek: 

Yoga meditating in the library still! Want to explore becoming the CEO of the Academic Press at WUaS in 7159 living languages, the Physical-Digital WUaS Educational Services' Stores for books computers, robotics, groceries and potentially collaborating with WM in its 19 out of 200 countries, store within a store business model at first, as WUaS seeks to grow the WUaS Corp in all 200 countries, & in a #RealisticVirtualEarthForRetail part of an iterating #RealisticVirtualEarth #ForEverything, Vivek? Scott (Just reaching out to 
Julie Wong 
Google
Executive Engagement Lead
Research, Labs, Technology and Society 

- https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2026/03/ypsilopus-zimbabweensis-orchid-great-to.html in some of these regards, and who gave me her Google business card at Stanford on Tu 3/17/26 ...

The WUaS Corp is a for profit legal entity in the state of CA, with tax ID # at bottom here - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html ... but not yet financially operational, and WUaS's 2nd wing). Yogically, Scott :)


Perhaps if you were interested Vivek, and with WUaS in a #GrowWithGoogleWUaS program, she could help put you in touch with a 
Google 
Executive Engagement Lead
regarding the WUaS Corporation too, with time.

Scott



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A pleasure, Ed and Sid! 

Scott, I’m afraid I’m too busy with Roam these days to be interested in anything else, but thank you for thinking of me!

Vivek

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We make it easy and rewarding
for everyone who drives to give
rides to people they know.

Vivek Hutheesing (he/him/his)



From: Scott MacLeod <sgkmacleod@worlduniversityandschool.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2026 8:38 AM
To: Scott Yoga Mac Flower MacLeod <yogamacflower@gmail.com>
Cc: vhutheesing@comcast.net <vhutheesing@comcast.net>; Edward Smyth <esmythmd@gmail.com>; Sid Mazumdar <sid.mazumdar@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Berkeley Claremont Public library M March 23, 2026



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Hi Vivek, & Ed, Pin/Sid,

Thanks again for your email - and to all of us, Vivek! Greetings from outside the Berkeley Claremont public library. 

Just emailed a 2nd time regarding #GrowWithGoogleWUaS's Julie Wong Google Executive Engagement Lead, Research, Labs, Technology and Society, which you'll find here toward the bottom (and had BCC-ed Pin and Ed too with this) - https://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2026/03/ypsilopus-zimbabweensis-orchid-great-to.html - and suggested WUaS might be seeking a Harvard MBA or similar to develop the 2nd wing of WUaS, the WUaS corporation / the Press at WUaS in 7159 languages, the WUaS Educational Services' Stores - http://worlduniversityandschool.org/AcademicPress.html - and as WUaS seeks also to develop pharmaceuticals / vaccines for aging reversal and extreme longevity FDA approved (and RCTs for these 10 years on average I've read), albeit WUaS has no money to speak of whatsoever; I haven't mentioned in these emails however World University and School being 8 limbs of Yoga-informed. Please keep WUaS in mind if you know of someone with a Harvard MBA or similar (since you went to Cornell for a BA in Finance, and Columbia for a MBA, I've read on your Linkedin).

WUaS also has a partnering email with Stanford Mine Pi cryptocurrency - as we may have talked about - and in seeking to code for all 7.9 billion people on the planet for free universal education, is also seeking to end poverty worldwide, potentially by distributing Pi cryptocurrency to the poorest billion in all 200 countries, and making it a main worldwide cryptocurrency too; Pi cryptocurrency's blockchain is growing, but World University and School's blockchain ledger will head in parallel and different directions, in a myriad of ways. 





... in my email to Julie Wong at Google, whom I met at Stanford with James Manyika is a Senior Vice President at Google and Alphabet, leading Research, Technology, and Society on Tu March 17,2026 as you may read; I currently look at this email (and this is a google address too), but I'll likely pass on this email address to the incoming WUaS CEO when WUaS finds him/her.

And here's an invitation to get Pi Cryptocurrency free money daily (which takes less than 5 seconds every 24 hours, yielding 2-3 Pi coins daily) ... but which also requires poorest people to have smartphones and electricity (which WUaS seeks to facilitate too) -  

Pi is a new digital currency developed by Stanford PhDs, with over 55 million members worldwide. To claim your Pi, follow this link https://minepi.com/sgkmac and use my username (sgkmac) as your invitation code.

Why does your https://www.linkedin.com/in/rblock/ signature redirect to - https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivekhutheesing/ - beyond your involvement with the rblock platform 4 years ago (nothing comes up when I search on "rblock platform berkeley"); anything to do with blockchain of yesteryear? or might rblock still be paying for this name for you, or did you 'inherit' this LinkedIN handle, or?

Good luck with your endeavors!

Regards, abolition, Yogically, best wishes, thanks, 
Scott







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Hi Vivek, & Ed, Pin/Sid,

Also with regards to 8 limbs of Yoga (and World University and School), just emailed

Hi Ma, Chris, Pin, Ed, all🥰,

Just texted this to some of you - 

Hi Ma, Pin, Ed, how are you this Wednesday? Ma? Pin? Ed? Pin, do you explore Yoga daily? Might you be mediating these days, Ed - Yoga-wise even? (And my having met you, Ed, through your first wife who was taking a Yoga class I was teaching at All Souls' Episcopal Church in the Haight Ashbury in the mid 1990s).  Might Ma you be helping the Longwood physical therapy person (& might s/he/they even get credentialed for this through Yoga Alliance in Virginia or similar?) do Yoga poses with slightly hippy from the '60s & '70s and from England and artist and poet and Unitarian like you Chris Michaels? ... !and as we may live to 150 and well beyond:) with hippy & artist Yogini Angela Farmer's first 4 videos - https://angela-victor.com/who/angela/ - perhaps - http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2026/03/sacred-lotus-nelumbo-nucifera.html - to help you Chris get stronger, aware, more flexible & re "The Harvard Medical School guide to yoga : 8 weeks to strength, awareness, and flexibility" book, written by 2 MD psychiatrists, too? 

... Seeking at Yoga too World University and School to #GrowWithGoogleWUaS - AND SEE ... Tue 3/24/26 Ypsilopus zimbabweensis orchid blog post -  http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2026/03/ypsilopus-zimbabweensis-orchid-great-to.html ... &
for longevity genetics in a #RealisticVirtualEarth #forGenetics, for vaccines, for RCTs randomized controlled trials,  and #forYogaAsana ... Exploring further in this Saturday's Restorative Yoga Explorations ... Stay tuned... Thoughts, questions, suggestions? Fondly, Scott 








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Just created this set of Twitter posts -

Might you be helping a #YogaFriend  do #YogaPoses ... !and #AsWeMayLiveTo150andWellBeyond:) ? e.g. with Angela's first 4 #YogaVideos ~https://angela-victor.com/who/angela/ ~http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2026/03/sacred-lotus-nelumbo-nucifera.html Seeking @WorldUnivAndSch w #GrowWithGoogleWUaS & SEE Tu3/24/26 http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2026/03/ypsilopus-zimbabweensis-orchid-great-to.html to grow this

Scott








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What are 10 great Indian novels inspired by Yoga, possibly comic, along the lines of Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard?


Yoga in novels question - What are 10 great novels from India that are potentially inspired by Yoga Asana, 8 limbs of Yoga, Patanjali's Yoga, possibly comic, and along the lines of "Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard" by Kieran Desai? 




Finding novels that capture the specific blend of whimsical satire, spiritual absurdity, and the structured philosophy of Yoga found in Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard is a delightful challenge.

While many Indian novels touch on spirituality, these ten selections specifically lean into the "limbs" of Yoga—from the physical discipline of Asana to the ethical constraints of Yama and Niyama—often through a lens of irony, comedy, or social critique.

1. The Guide by R.K. Narayan

This is perhaps the closest spiritual cousin to Desai’s work. It follows Raju, a tour guide who, through a series of comic misunderstandings, is mistaken for a holy man. It explores the Niyamas (internal disciplines) and the unintended path to Samadhi (enlightenment) with a sharp, dry wit.

2. The Alchemy of Desire by Tarun J. Tejpal

Set in the foothills of the Himalayas, this novel explores the intense physical and spiritual connection between two lovers. It mirrors the Tantric roots of Yoga, focusing heavily on the intersection of the body (Asana) and the liberation of the spirit.

3. The Lives of Others by Neel Mukherjee

While darker than Hullabaloo, this novel examines the 8 Limbs of Yoga through the lens of a family's disintegration. One character's descent into extreme asceticism and political radicalism serves as a grim parody of Pratyahara (withdrawal of the senses).

4. A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

While largely a social epic, the interplay between the four main characters creates a "human Asana"—a precarious physical and emotional balance. It reflects the Yoga Sutra’s concept of Sthira Sukham Asanam (posture should be stable and comfortable) in a world that is anything but.

5. A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth (The Yoga Sections)

Within this massive epic, Seth provides detailed, almost instructional descriptions of characters practicing Hatha Yoga. He uses the discipline of Pranayama (breath control) as a metaphor for the characters' attempts to control their chaotic romantic lives.

6. The Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. Farrell

Though written by a British-Irish author, this Booker winner is set in India and features a "Collector" who tries to maintain Victorian order amidst a siege. His obsession with physical "phrenology" and scientific "perfection" acts as a satirical Western mirror to the physical perfection sought in Hatha Yoga.

7. The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

Rushdie utilizes "Yogic" themes of mental projection and Dharana (concentration). Characters literally "think" people into existence, blurring the lines between the meditative mind and physical reality in a lush, magical-realist style.

8. The Case of the Missing Servant by Tarquin Hall

A more lighthearted "comic" entry, featuring Vish Puri, India's "Most Private Investigator." Puri’s reliance on his physical senses and his disciplined (if occasionally gourmand) lifestyle reflects a modern, urban interpretation of Dharana and Dhyana (meditation/focus).

9. Life of Pi by Yann Martel

While the author is Canadian, the heart of the story is deeply Indian. Pi’s survival on the boat is a masterclass in Pratyahara (sensory withdrawal) and Ishvara Pranidhana (surrender to a higher power), using his physical body to maintain a spiritual "asana" against the elements.

10. Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil

This is a gritty, hallucinatory look at Old Bombay. It explores the "shadow side" of the 8 Limbs—where the search for bliss (Ananda) is sought through opium rather than meditation. It provides a powerful, modern contrast to Patanjali’s traditional path.








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What are 10 great Indian novels possibly comic along the lines of Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard?

What are 10 great novels from India that are potentially inspired by Yoga Asana, 8 limbs of Yoga, Patanjali's Yoga, possibly comic, and along the lines of "Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard" by Kieran Desai, "Ghachar Ghochar" by Vivek Shanbhag?

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What are 10 great Indian novels, possibly comic, along the lines of "Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard" by Kieran Desai?

And found these great books - 

Suggestions, Pin, Ma, Ed?



These ten novels capture the satirical, whimsical, and often absurd essence of Indian life:

  • English, August by Upamanyu Chatterjee: A cult classic following a detached urban bureaucrat stationed in a remote, eccentric village.
  • The Great Indian Novel by Shashi Tharoor: A brilliant satirical retelling of the Mahabharata through the lens of 20th-century Indian politics.
  • Serious Men by Manu Joseph: A sharp, darkly comic story about a low-caste assistant who creates a massive scientific hoax to elevate his son.
  • The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga: A cynical and darkly humorous look at the "servant class" and the cutthroat path to success in modern India.
  • Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag: A brief, masterful look at how sudden wealth twists a family’s dynamics into something absurd and tense.
  • The Crow Eaters by Bapsi Sidhwa: A hilarious and irreverent portrayal of a Parsi family’s adventures in pre-partition India.
  • Raag Darbari by Shrilal Shukla: Originally in Hindi, this is the definitive satire of village politics, corruption, and rural chaos.
  • Malgudi Days by R.K. Narayan: While often gentle, these stories are filled with the same ironic wit and "small-town hullabaloo" found in Desai’s work.
  • Polite Society by Mahesh Rao: A witty, contemporary Delhi-based reimagining of Jane Austen’s Emma set among the city’s elite.
  • The Case of the Missing Servant by Tarquin Hall: The first in a "Vish Puri" mystery series featuring a portly, Punjabi private investigator with a penchant for paranthas




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Might you be helping a #YogaFriend do #YogaPoses ... !and #AsWeMayLiveTo150andWellBeyond:) ?


Hi Ma, Chris, Pin, Ed, all🥰,

Just texted this to some of you - 

Hi Ma, Pin, Ed, how are you this Wednesday? Ma? Pin? Ed? Pin, do you explore Yoga daily? Might you be mediating these days, Ed - Yoga-wise even? (And my having met you, Ed, through your first wife who was taking a Yoga class I was teaching at All Souls' Episcopal Church in the Haight Ashbury in the mid 1990s).  Might Ma you be helping the Longwood physical therapy person (& might s/he/they even get credentialed for this through Yoga Alliance in Virginia or similar?) do Yoga poses with slightly hippy from the '60s & '70s and from England and artist and poet and Unitarian like you Chris Michaels? ... !and as we may live to 150 and well beyond:) with hippy & artist Yogini Angela Farmer's first 4 videos - https://angela-victor.com/who/angela/ - perhaps - http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2026/03/sacred-lotus-nelumbo-nucifera.html - to help you Chris get stronger, aware, more flexible & re "The Harvard Medical School guide to yoga : 8 weeks to strength, awareness, and flexibility" book, written by 2 MD psychiatrists, too? 

... Seeking at Yoga too World University and School to #GrowWithGoogleWUaS - AND SEE ... Tue 3/24/26 Ypsilopus zimbabweensis orchid blog post -  http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2026/03/ypsilopus-zimbabweensis-orchid-great-to.html ... &
for longevity genetics in a #RealisticVirtualEarth #forGenetics, for vaccines, for RCTs randomized controlled trials,  and #forYogaAsana ... Exploring further in this Saturday's Restorative Yoga Explorations ... Stay tuned... Thoughts, questions, suggestions? Fondly, Scott 








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Might you be helping a #YogaFriend  do #YogaPoses ... !and #AsWeMayLiveTo150andWellBeyond:) ? e.g. with Angela's first 4 #YogaVideos ~https://angela-victor.com/who/angela/ ~http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2026/03/sacred-lotus-nelumbo-nucifera.html Seeking @WorldUnivAndSch w #GrowWithGoogleWUaS & SEE Tu3/24/26 http://scott-macleod.blogspot.com/2026/03/ypsilopus-zimbabweensis-orchid-great-to.html to grow this








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