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There is a kind of gloom that Indian engineers do not perceive, as though it is the nuance of a girl. The gloom is in plain sight, like a Monday, it is in the ugliness of serious objects, in the failed playfulness of office spaces, in the way water bottles are arranged at conferences, in…

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Manu Joseph

Manu Joseph is a journalist and novelist. He is the former editor of Open magazine and the author of two novels — The Illicit Happiness of Other People and Serious Men.

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