Chitra. Gupt.

Of all the characters in the Puranas, Chitragupt is the one who keeps catching me off guard. Apparently he does the same to Claude. Because that's what he does. You're deep in the great cosmic drama — Shiv, Sati, the wars, the churning of oceans — and then

PS - What I Actually Meant Was.....

On footnotes, and the truth we hide in the margin The narrative is what we tell. The footnote is what we can't help telling. Think about the last time someone told you their story and said "and this is probably irrelevant but—" You leaned in. Because

She didn't die because medicine failed her. She died because no one had ever spoken to her in her own language.

A woman died from something treatable. Her family didn't call a doctor. They called someone to remove the nazar. This is why SuperMummy exists.