https://pavansway.in/Personal letters, civic life, cinema, and hopes for Bengaluru.en-INhttps://pavansway.in/posts/what-i-wish-we-were-taught-about-money/https://pavansway.in/posts/what-i-wish-we-were-taught-about-money/We teach children to calculate interest. We don't teach them what it means to guarantee someone else's debt.Civic LifeThu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://pavansway.in/posts/what-my-certificate-folder-says/https://pavansway.in/posts/what-my-certificate-folder-says/Best Student twice inside my own school. A 'B' grade, a 4th prize, a 2nd prize outside it.MemoriesThu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://pavansway.in/posts/creativity-cant-be-byhearted-i-wrote/https://pavansway.in/posts/creativity-cant-be-byhearted-i-wrote/Two answers from my 2007 college notebook, on creativity and on a poem about women.MemoriesThu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://pavansway.in/posts/a-lecture-on-television-and-an-invitation-one-day-before-the-wedding/https://pavansway.in/posts/a-lecture-on-television-and-an-invitation-one-day-before-the-wedding/A warning about television and a letter-writing exercise, from a 2004 notebook.MemoriesThu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://pavansway.in/posts/essays-i-mostly-learned-by-heart/https://pavansway.in/posts/essays-i-mostly-learned-by-heart/Most of my school essays came from guide books. You can find me in the grammar.MemoriesThu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://pavansway.in/posts/my-school-2004/https://pavansway.in/posts/my-school-2004/An essay on education, teachers and school management, written when I was in 9th standard.MemoriesWed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://pavansway.in/posts/more-from-my-school-notebooks/https://pavansway.in/posts/more-from-my-school-notebooks/Two pages from a 2003 school notebook. A request for two days' leave, and a letter to a friend about Dasara.MemoriesWed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://pavansway.in/posts/the-only-original-essay-in-the-class/https://pavansway.in/posts/the-only-original-essay-in-the-class/An essay I wrote on my first day in 9th standard. I was so innocent that I didn't even copy.MemoriesWed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://pavansway.in/posts/niccham-posatu-halegannada-is-savi-siri/https://pavansway.muddynote8.chatgpt.site/posts/niccham-posatu-halegannada-is-savi-siri/Two young monks facing sacrifice, a cockerel made of dough, and Karna and Ravana as tragic heroes. What Hampana’s explanations helped me understand.LiteratureMon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://pavansway.in/posts/all-i-can-give-you-is-explanation/https://pavansway.muddynote8.chatgpt.site/posts/all-i-can-give-you-is-explanation/A birthday letter to a friend I should have held on to.LettersMon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://pavansway.in/posts/you-have-to-believe-me-honest/https://pavansway.muddynote8.chatgpt.site/posts/you-have-to-believe-me-honest/The longest letter I ever wrote, and the most honest.LettersMon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://pavansway.in/posts/a-quiet-lake/https://pavansway.muddynote8.chatgpt.site/posts/a-quiet-lake/A few lines from a friend's reply, which I still carry with me.LettersMon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://pavansway.in/posts/when-my-words-were-welcome/https://pavans-notes.muddynote8.chatgpt.site/posts/when-my-words-were-welcome/I had never thought that I, or my writing, would be so welcome.LettersSat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://pavansway.in/posts/life-is-a-dream-seen-with-open-eyes/https://pavansway.muddynote8.chatgpt.site/posts/life-is-a-dream-seen-with-open-eyes/Seven months later, writing back to say I hadn't done it yet.LettersMon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://pavansway.in/posts/vrishabhavathi-hole-my-hope-for-bengaluru/https://pavans-notes.muddynote8.chatgpt.site/posts/vrishabhavathi-hole-my-hope-for-bengaluru/I remember muddy water filling the canal when I was about nine. I want Bengaluru to have its river back. These are my hopes, and questions we should take seriously.Civic LifeSun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://pavansway.in/posts/cinema-landscape-i-dream-of-for-india/https://pavans-notes.muddynote8.chatgpt.site/posts/cinema-landscape-i-dream-of-for-india/Great screens and small, affordable theatres. My hope for more people in India to enjoy going to the cinema.Film & CultureSun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://pavansway.in/posts/we-segregated-our-waste/https://pavans-notes.muddynote8.chatgpt.site/posts/we-segregated-our-waste/We pay for collection and separate our waste. Then the collection process undoes that effort.Civic LifeSun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://pavansway.in/posts/responsibility-at-our-doorstep/https://pavans-notes.muddynote8.chatgpt.site/posts/responsibility-at-our-doorstep/I want a cleaner Bengaluru and a cleaner India. I want us to care about what happens to our waste after it leaves our hands.Civic LifeSun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT