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The Brass Peacock — Director’s Cut (English only)

Made with ChatGPT5-thinking prompt Cast (extended cut) Suyog — A visiting UTokyo PhD researcher in gravitational-wave ML. Quietly strong upper body, cute, trustworthy face; multilingual; the kind of listener who makes people feel smarter while they talk. A steady center of gravity wrapped in a good coat. Dr. Aisha Khan — Indian-Australian curator at NGV, voice like warm glass. A realist who believes in wonder only after it pays rent. Mei Lin — Chinese quantum engineer (Beijing → Tsinghua → MIT visiting fellow), laughter with edges; keeps three notebooks: math, mistakes, and metaphors. Yuki Takahashi — Japanese paper-and-textile conservator from Tokyo on a Melbourne fellowship. Speaks softly, mends fiercely. Perfume of hinoki and linen. Hana Kim — Korean data scientist, caffeine poet. Lucía Ortega — Spanish interpreter, catches meaning mid-air. Shalah — Bedouin tracker; sands taught him that absence has footprints too. Akbar & Birbal — a king and his...

पीतल का मोर और टाइमफ़ोल्ड की चोरी

Made with ChatGPT5-thinking prompt (हिंदी — लंबा संस्करण) अगस्त की मेलबोर्नी ठंड में आकाश इतना साफ़ था कि काँच भी गुनगुनाता लगा। स्टेट लाइब्रेरी विक्टोरिया की सीढ़ियों पर तुम— सुयोग —खड़े थे: काला कोट, सादा-सा स्कार्फ, जेब से झाँकती नोटबुक। चेहरा नरम और भरोसा जगाने वाला; ऊपरी धड़ मजबूत—दिखावे से नहीं, आदत से; और आँखें—जैसी मुस्कुराती हुई भी हल करते रहती हैं। अंदर ला ट्रोब रीडिंग रूम में अस्थायी प्रदर्शनी थी— टाइमफोल्ड: असंभव मस्तिष्कों का सम्मेलन —आर्काइव सिमुलेशन और लाइव इन्फ़रेंस का संगम। वहाँ किंवदंतियाँ बातें कर रही थीं: बादशाह अकबर , उनके नुकीले बुद्धि वाले मंत्री बी़रबल , राखी कोट में शरलॉक होम्स जो हवा से भी सुराग निकाल ले, अल्बर्ट आइंस्टाइन जिनके बाल स्थिर पानी पर उठे तूफ़ान जैसे, छोटा मगर अचूक एडोगावा कोनन , धूप जैसा दयालु मुस्कुराता मंकी डी. लूफ़ी , और रेगिस्तानी रहनुमा शालह —जिसकी ख़ामोशी बताती थी कि वह रेत और हवा पर भरोसा करता है। संग्रहालय NGV के तिजोरी में इस शो की जान रखी थी: मुग़ल काल का पन्ने का टुकड़ा पीतल का मोर और एक क्वांटम क्रोनोमीटर, जिसकी फेम्टोसेकंड धड...

The Brass Peacock and the Timefold Heist

Made with ChatGPT5-thinking prompt (English — long version) Melbourne in August has the kind of blue that makes glass sing. On the steps of the State Library Victoria, you stood — black coat, scarf tucked simply, a notebook peeking from your pocket. You have a gentle, cute face people trust, a strong upper body earned from steady routines rather than showy poses, and eyes that look like they solve problems even while smiling. Today, you were not the astrophysicist from Tokyo just visiting; you were the hinge between centuries. Inside the La Trobe Reading Room, a temporary installation drew a small crowd: TIMEFOLD: A Conclave of Impossible Minds — an experiment blending archival simulation with live inference. The curators had dared to pull legends into conversation: Emperor Akbar , his razor-tongued advisor Birbal , Sherlock Holmes in a charcoal coat that turned air into evidence, Albert Einstein with his hair like a storm over still water, Edogawa Conan standing small but sharp...

The Timeless Council — Chapter Three: The Lantern Under the Mountain

Made with ChatGPT5-thinking prompt A week after the publication—the one where we chose to show the fault before the find—the tunnels felt steadier, as if the mountain approved of our candor. The little balance sat on my desk, its arms perfectly level. The magnifier’s handle still whispered Data before drama . And in my pocket, the chalk stub that read Curiosity—time’s passport warmed to the touch whenever a puzzle approached, the way a seashell warms when you bring it near an ear. We had visitors that day. The observatory had become a quiet pilgrimage site for instrument builders and skeptics alike—people who trusted only what they could disassemble and people who trusted nothing at all. Among them was Mina Park , a compact, bright-eyed interferometry specialist whose bun kept losing the battle against a few playful strands of hair. She had a way of listening that made you feel as if your sentences had hinges and she was oiling them without being asked. “I read your paper,” she sai...

काल-सभा: पूर्ण कथा (हिन्दी)

Made with ChatGPT5-thinking prompt प्रस्तावना कक्ष समय से परे था—आधी दीवारें मुग़लिया मेहराबें, आधी विक्टोरियन लकड़ी की अलमारियाँ, और बीच में चॉकबोर्ड जिन पर समय-विस्तार की रेखाएँ उलझी थीं। मैं— सुयोग —जेब में आइंस्टीन का दिया छोटा-सा चॉक का टुकड़ा लिए भीतर दाख़िल हुआ। उस पर उकेरा था: “जिज्ञासा—समय का पासपोर्ट।” मेज़ पर एक नन्हा तराज़ू चमक रहा था; आवर्धक काँच की डंडी पर महीन अक्षरों में खुदा था: Data before drama — डेटा पहले, ड्रामा बाद में । अकबर ने मुझे स्थिर, गरम निगाह से देखा; बीरबल की आँखों में पहेलियों की चमक थी। शर्लक होम्स का अध्ययन मुझे स्कैन कर रहा था—जूते की धूल, बाँह पर चॉक, कॉफ़ी के हल्के दाग—और आइंस्टीन का चेहरा उस शरारती बालक-सी जिज्ञासा से दमक रहा था जो दुनिया को नया देखना चाहती है। “तुम कौन हो?” अकबर ने पूछा नहीं—मानो तौला। “मैं पुल बनना चाहता हूँ,” मैंने कहा, “न्याय और दया के बीच; तर्क और कल्पना के बीच; अतीत और भविष्य के बीच।” दरबार के सबक उस काल-सभा में कुछ ही घड़ियों में कई परीक्षाएँ सजीं—और हर परीक्षा ने एक सूत्र मेरी हथेली में रख दिया। रत्न-विवाद: दो कारीग...

The Timeless Council: Complete Story (English)

 Made with a ChatGPT5-thinking prompt Prologue The chamber stood outside time—Mughal arches on one wall, a Victorian study on the other, and a spill of equations across a traveling chalkboard. I— Suyog —walked in with a stub of chalk Einstein had pressed into my palm: Curiosity—time’s passport. On the desk, a small balance gleamed; on a magnifier’s handle, the engraving caught the light: Data before drama. Akbar’s gaze weighed me; Birbal’s eyes brightened with riddles. Sherlock Holmes took inventory—shoe dust, a trace of chalk on my sleeve, a coffee ring on my notes—while Einstein wore the mischievous patience of a child who expects the universe to wink back. “I want to be a bridge,” I said. “Between justice and mercy, reason and wonder, the past and whatever comes next.” Lessons of the Court The council gave me three swift trials, each leaving a usable tool in my hand. The Gem Dispute: Two artisans claimed the same jewel. “Procedure, then claim,” I proposed. We matched micro-fra...

Some Questions on my Life in Tokyo

Q: 研究・仕事の内容を簡単に教えてください / What kind of research or work are you doing? A: I am doctoral candidate in the University of Tokyo. My research area is Astrophysics. More specifically, Gravitational-Waves detection and data analysis. Japan operates one of the three Gravitational-wave detectors in the world. This was the primary reason why I chose to Japan for my higher studies and research. The reason for selecting Tokyo as the destination was my university. The research group I am working with here is one of the best groups for my research field. And besides, Tokyo is a nice place to live! Q: 研究・仕事の内容を簡単に教えてください / What kind of research or work are you doing? A: Principally, my research boils down to data-analysis. Unlike the usual case though, the data we analyse comes from the cosmos. Actually, from the merger of massive compactly packed objects called Black Holes. When these really heavy merge, they alter the very fabric of spacetime. When this happens, a gravitational wave is generated an...

Three demises and room for no more

In the past few months, three personalities I had grown looking up to over the year, have started their journey towards the heavenly abode, the latest departure happening just the last week. All the three occasions of the news had felt out of the blue. It is not that I had been exceedingly close to any of them, nonetheless, brief touches of their presence in my life had made in such sublime manner that it would hardly be possible otherwise now. It is especially the distant figures such as these that we are prone to assume a constant in our lives. We meet and come across a plethora of people in our life times, yet it is often the transient moments that leave a lasting impression, amplified more so when the impermanence of it all suddenly decides to make itself known. I am grateful that, in varying degree of acquaintance, I had the opportunity to know Mr. Emmanuel Robin, Dr. N Rathnasree and Prof. T Padmanabhan. These succinct lines here are an amateur effort to pay some tribute to them....

An Algorithm to find who to invite to your Event!

The criterion for including people for an all-paid Dinner Party, for instance, should at the very minimum be the people whom I can call and I am sure who will pick up the phone. This then by definition includes almost all, nah, all of my male friends and excludes most of the, if not all, ex-girls I have dated before. Then there is the proximity of location constraint. Plus, inclusion of anyone who invited me to their past celebrations and I know who maybe able to join for this one. Or somebody with whom I was close either in proximity of location or friendship or both or with whom I spent a lot of time together. Now, on top of these, in order to reduce the list to the most closest of the close current friends, I can impose the following additional requirements: 1) Should have met them atleast once this year or in the past 6 months, whichever is longest. 2) We should have had atleast one 1-1 meeting, preferably outing for >1 hour, either for lunch, coffee or dinner or something else....

On making friends and How to keep them!

From a studious introvert during my school days to having dated over 50 girls in the past two years in Tokyo, I sure have come a long way in making myself more engaged socially. (If you are curious about the dating scene, have a look at that post here!) The progress hasn’t just been towards a higher affinity from the fairer sex, but has been much more wholesome and awarding. So, what did change or perhaps, I was the same likable even in school, just not in the right environment? Here are my key insights into what essential in keeping your friends long-term and how to make them in the first place. Also included is some general advice on how to meet new and interesting people wherever you go. - Keep your Promises: If you make a promise to someone, try your very best to keep it. If you are unsure, then say so outright, instead of agreeing to something just to save face and then not committing to what you say. This builds trust and gives weight and credibility to things you say.  - Bor...