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Five Slices

1 story every week – from culture, history, business, fiction, or my life.

By Adhithya K R

· Launched a year ago

Manu Joseph wants to find out why the poor don't kill the rich

Book review of "Why the poor don't kill us"

Nov 7, 2025•Adhithya K R

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The Worldly Philosophers and The Beginning of Infinity

The Crux Chronicles Podcast Ep. 01

Dec 23, 2025•Adhithya K R

Krishna plays chess

A story from my life

Jul 3, 2025•Adhithya K R

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Facebook's inside story is a disgustingly good page-turner

A review of "Careless People" by Sarah Wynn-Williams

Jun 25, 2025•Adhithya K R

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Five Slices #31: Hidden scripts

Ideas beneath the surface that shape our lives

Jun 11, 2025•Adhithya K R

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Recent posts

Five Slices #30: Human-friendly design is when form fits context

Creating spaces and products with life in them

May 28, 2025•Adhithya K R

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Five Slices #29: Ideas have a life of their own

We don't have ideas, ideas have us

May 22, 2025•Adhithya K R

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Five Slices #28: The business of writing

Tales from the publishing industry

May 15, 2025•Adhithya K R

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Five Slices #27: Scams and capers

Scammers, tricksters, and the schemes they pulled off

May 7, 2025•Adhithya K R

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Five Slices #26: Fantastic buildings and where to find them

One man's folly is another man's legacy

Apr 30, 2025•Adhithya K R

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A bunch of stuff I wrote on my garbage blog

Something different this week

Apr 24, 2025•Adhithya K R

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Manu Joseph wants to find out why the poor don't kill the rich

Nov 7, 2025•Adhithya K R

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Five Slices #19: Five Substacks worth your time

Mar 7, 2025•Adhithya K R

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Krishna plays chess

Jul 3, 2025•Adhithya K R

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Five Slices #5: The worst job interview

Jan 21, 2025•Adhithya K R

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Five Slices #29: Ideas have a life of their own

May 22, 2025•Adhithya K R

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