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KrishinAsnani
@krishinasnani.bsky.social
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Essays on attempts to feel at home in the world. A New Yorker, now based in San Francisco, after expat in Asia and Europe. Stanford lit student, former growth strategist - expat in Asia. My substack is Noted Views (krishinasnani.substack.com).
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KrishinAsnani @krishinasnani.bsky.social · 10m
Bourdain: romantic sentimentalist beneath a punk exterior. Misfits and convicts. Cramped kitchens. Kitchen Confidential isn’t memoir — it’s served hot with a nice, cold beer. My essay : krishinasnani.substack.com/p/kitchen-co...
#FoodWriting #ChefLife #RestaurantLife #CulinaryArts #KitchenStories
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KrishinAsnani @krishinasnani.bsky.social · 7d
At San Francisco’s Transamerica Building, Eames chairs aren’t just furniture—they’re a masterclass in elegance, and authority. Once symbols of American design confidence, now quietly in decline. My essay: krishinasnani.substack.com/p/chairs-at-...
#EamesChairs #DesignHistory #CulturalCriticism
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KrishinAsnani @krishinasnani.bsky.social · 15d
First day of American high school, I showed up from India in a three-piece suit. It felt like watching a foreign film without subtitles; over time, I learned to read between the lines. But for now, I took the nation at its word:
krishinasnani.substack.com/p/suit
#ComingOfAge #AmericanExperience
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KrishinAsnani @krishinasnani.bsky.social · 15d
First day of American high school, I showed up from India in a three-piece suit. It felt like watching a foreign film without subtitles; over time, I learned to read between the lines. But for now, I took the nation at its word:
krishinasnani.substack.com/p/suit
#ComingOfAge #AmericanExperience
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KrishinAsnani @krishinasnani.bsky.social · 18d
From Bonnie & Clyde to ransomware attacks, WannaCry, the heist hasn’t changed—only the tools have. We regulate cars, banks, drugs, and planes, but not software. Why? Isn’t cybersecurity public infrastructure?
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#Cybersecurity #SoftwareRegulation #Ransomware
Old school Bonnie and Clyde bank heist Modern heist by hooded hacker in basement
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KrishinAsnani @krishinasnani.bsky.social · 20d
Ron Carter made it real: just you, and the night, and the music. 40-min suite where sidemen became stars. Essay on chamber jazz magic. My essay : krishinasnani.substack.com/p/you-and-th...
#RonCarter #Jazz #Essays #CulturalCriticism #MusicWriting #LiveMusic #SFJAZZ
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KrishinAsnani @krishinasnani.bsky.social · Aug 30
@jl3001.blacksky.app Picture this:Taj Mahal in colorful Caribbean vests making audiences dance in the aisles. Then Sun Ra Arkestra in glittering costumes turning a concert hall cosmic. My essay: krishinasnani.substack.com/p/taj-mahal-...
#Jazz #Blues #LiveMusic #SunRa #TajMahal #culturalcriticism
Taj rejuivates blues by being open to influences- that influenced the rockers. Sun Ra shines on em like a crazy beautiful diamond ; may you shine for ever.
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KrishinAsnani @krishinasnani.bsky.social · Sep 4
We worship certainty & shun doubt. American Pragmatist Charles Sanders Pierce saw doubt as seed of wisdom. Iraq, the 2008 crash, the pandemic—blind certitude cost us. Now we confront doubt in democracy; my essay:
krishinasnani.substack.com/p/no-doubt
#Philosophy #Pragmatism #Democracy #Epistemology
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KrishinAsnani @krishinasnani.bsky.social · 27d
Identity, tradition, modernity & ambition collide in Mumbai’s elite. Devika Rege’s novel Quarterlife made me reflect on 1980s US immigrant life.
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#Literature #IdentityAndCulture #CulturalReflection #CulturalCriticism #GlobalLiterature #LiteraryEssay
Book cover - Quarterlife by Devika Rege South Bombay's skyline (Marine Drive)
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KrishinAsnani @krishinasnani.bsky.social · Sep 10
A chance encounter over dumplings leads to Ishiguro, and the paradox of human connection: we've mechanized ourselves through social conformity before AI came along, while ironically, robots bestow humanity upon humans.
My essay : krishinasnani.substack.com/p/only-connect
#AI #Ishiguro #TechCulture
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KrishinAsnani @krishinasnani.bsky.social · 27d
Identity, tradition, modernity & ambition collide in Mumbai’s elite. Devika Rege’s novel Quarterlife made me reflect on 1980s US immigrant life.
krishinasnani.substack.com/p/indian-mil...
#Literature #IdentityAndCulture #CulturalReflection #CulturalCriticism #GlobalLiterature #LiteraryEssay
Book cover - Quarterlife by Devika Rege South Bombay's skyline (Marine Drive)
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KrishinAsnani @krishinasnani.bsky.social · Sep 10
A chance encounter over dumplings leads to Ishiguro, and the paradox of human connection: we've mechanized ourselves through social conformity before AI came along, while ironically, robots bestow humanity upon humans.
My essay : krishinasnani.substack.com/p/only-connect
#AI #Ishiguro #TechCulture
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KrishinAsnani @krishinasnani.bsky.social · Sep 6
What would Voltaire, the author of Republic of Letters that led to Industrial Revolution write to Elon Musk who dismantles one : Societies aren't start-ups, institutions aren't algorithms. My Essay:
krishinasnani.substack.com/p/voltaires-....
#Musk #Voltaire #Innovation #DOGE #Tech #Gov #Networks
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KrishinAsnani @krishinasnani.bsky.social · Sep 4
Two nights with Ravi Coltrane quartet/quintet at SFJAZZ: Friday's drums were set like bowls to be dipped with chopsticks, Sunday's cymbals shimmered with sibilant lisp; Coltranes are jazz royalty. krishinasnani.substack.com/p/sunday-nig...
#Jazz #MusicCriticism #CulturalWriting #Substack #LiveMusic
Ravi tribute to Alice Coltrane Drummer Elé Sefali Howell on fire Jonathan Blake's level drum set like bowls to be dipped with chopsticks
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KrishinAsnani @krishinasnani.bsky.social · Sep 4
We worship certainty & shun doubt. American Pragmatist Charles Sanders Pierce saw doubt as seed of wisdom. Iraq, the 2008 crash, the pandemic—blind certitude cost us. Now we confront doubt in democracy; my essay:
krishinasnani.substack.com/p/no-doubt
#Philosophy #Pragmatism #Democracy #Epistemology
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KrishinAsnani @krishinasnani.bsky.social · Aug 31
Ravi Coltrane gave moving tribute to his mother Alice at SFJAZZ , playing her tune, Universe. Coltranes—John and Alice and Ravi—are perhaps the only jazz royalty; my essay on that concert:
krishinasnani.substack.com/p/sunday-nig...
#AliceColtrane #RaviColtrane #Jazz #SFJAZZ #JohnColtrane
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KrishinAsnani @krishinasnani.bsky.social · Aug 30
@jl3001.blacksky.app Picture this:Taj Mahal in colorful Caribbean vests making audiences dance in the aisles. Then Sun Ra Arkestra in glittering costumes turning a concert hall cosmic. My essay: krishinasnani.substack.com/p/taj-mahal-...
#Jazz #Blues #LiveMusic #SunRa #TajMahal #culturalcriticism
Taj rejuivates blues by being open to influences- that influenced the rockers. Sun Ra shines on em like a crazy beautiful diamond ; may you shine for ever.
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KrishinAsnani @krishinasnani.bsky.social · Aug 28
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Eames Chairs at SF’s Transamerica Building felt like a cultural wake—bright, precise, once projecting US authority, now in elegant decline. My essay:
krishinasnani.substack.com/p/chairs-at-...
#EamesChairs #DesignHistory #Architecture#CulturalCriticism
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