I’m Srinidhi. I write as अvinash.

Poems, essays, serialised fiction, and the running arguments I can’t let go of — added to, one piece at a time.

In solitude, where we are least alone, we write for we cannot speak…

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Thamma Review: A Film not made to be a hit by design?

After Stree1, Stree2, Bhediya and Munjya a new movie starring Ayushman Khurana, Rashmika Mandanna and Nawazuddin Siddiqui has finally launched as the latest of the Maddock Horror Comedy Universe and dissapointingly so.

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Things that run in parts

Some of what's here isn't one piece but a longer run — a serial, a primer, an ongoing podcast. Shown at its latest entry; the rest of each run is one click away.

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In English, Hindi and Konkani — mostly written at night, mostly in one sitting.

आकाशान्तु आशिल्ले मोड पुराइ वत्ता,
सुर्याक लाग्गिले हे ग्रहन वग्गी सोड्ता ।
तु भिवनाक्का रे म्हन्शा,

Senses

English

What if you were blind?
Would you still want good physique or a cute face?
Or would you only want love?

सिपाही

Hindi

कहा मुझसे एक देशवासी ने‌,
क्यू्ं इस बंजर जमीन पे लडते हो,
इस गरमी में तप जलते हो,

Death

English

It is like a black hole, that sucks in everything,
The sufferings and pleasures of man, all at one go.
Even time cannot race against death;

Essays & arguments Full archive →
  1. 2022 The Frog of the Well Syndrome 3 min
  2. 2022 Subconscious Thinking 10 min
  3. 2021 My Thoughts on the Metaverse 4 min
  4. 2021 Have your own internet space! 2 min
  5. 2020 Singularity and Plurality of Realities: could there be different forms of realities in existence? 9 min
  6. 2020 No Men are Monsters, the Ones that are, are not Men… 4 min
  7. 2020 An Open letter to all our Muslim Brethren 2 min
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— अvinash