Born in Karachi, Pakistan in the late 1970′s, I grew up partly in my country of birth and partly in the U.S., before moving to Canada in 2004, with my partner.nThis blog is just my per­sonal space to note things I like around the web and around the world – there’s no theme here other than “What Is On Kiran’s Mind Now” If you want to get updates/blog posts sent to you directly, simply sub­scribe using any of the methods in the right hand column (email, RSS, etc.)

While I do a lot of aca­d­emic writing at University, this blog is is a venue for me to talk about issues that matter to me, and to other people, in more gen­eral ways – ways that are not just for aca­d­emic con­sump­tion but can be acces­sible to the gen­eral public with varying levels of aca­d­emic expe­ri­ence. I tend to post here in spurts – some­times I will post everyday for a week, other times, I tend to either get bored with blog­ging and/or busy with other things in my life, and not post for weeks. I hope you don’t mind the erratic nature of my posting activity here. Check out the older posts too, they’re fun, and they’re all acces­sible via the Categories in the right hand column.

Please note that I mod­erate com­ments on this blog, pri­marily because I get a ton of spam com­ments that I filter out, but also because I do not tol­erate any type of abuse. You are wel­come to leave a com­ment on the posts, even if you dis­agree, as long as you can be respectful and present a rea­soned argu­ment for your opinion.

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