Gary Singh
@gary-singh.bsky.social
Newspaper columnist at Metro Silicon Valley for 20 years. Author at History Press. Sober vagabond. More words at Alta Journal, Hidden Compass, Atlas Obscura, IEEE Computer Graphics, AAWW & more.
https://www.garysingh.info
https://www.garysingh.info
Kepler's Books in Menlo Park celebrates 70 years this year. I wrote about the 50th anniversary. I wrote about the 60th anniversary. From day one, Roy Kepler built the place with a philosophy of non-violence. Ok, now I am logging off for the day.
September 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Kepler's Books in Menlo Park celebrates 70 years this year. I wrote about the 50th anniversary. I wrote about the 60th anniversary. From day one, Roy Kepler built the place with a philosophy of non-violence. Ok, now I am logging off for the day.
This is what I do every week. In case you don't know.
August 5, 2025 at 1:21 AM
This is what I do every week. In case you don't know.
Every time I return to the Mediterranean, I think of this material. Still on my shelf.
June 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Every time I return to the Mediterranean, I think of this material. Still on my shelf.
Today is the anniversary of Bourdain's demise. That day, I was with a group in a restaurant at the northernmost fringe of the Adriatic Sea. Here's what I wrote a year later, in 2019.:
www.metroactive.com/features/col...
www.metroactive.com/features/col...
June 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Today is the anniversary of Bourdain's demise. That day, I was with a group in a restaurant at the northernmost fringe of the Adriatic Sea. Here's what I wrote a year later, in 2019.:
www.metroactive.com/features/col...
www.metroactive.com/features/col...
Well, that's the best feedback I can ask for. If you haven't yet read my latest long-form travel story, it's about Partition trauma, family history and my dad's hidden influence on my writing career. Link here:
hiddencompass.net/story/truth-...
hiddencompass.net/story/truth-...
May 26, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Well, that's the best feedback I can ask for. If you haven't yet read my latest long-form travel story, it's about Partition trauma, family history and my dad's hidden influence on my writing career. Link here:
hiddencompass.net/story/truth-...
hiddencompass.net/story/truth-...
Thank you! A few people sent that to me, but no one seemed to know who did it!
May 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Thank you! A few people sent that to me, but no one seemed to know who did it!
Amazing night in Palo Alto last night, with Maitri Bay Area, a 34-year-old organization raising money to battle domestic violence in the South Asian diaspora.
April 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Amazing night in Palo Alto last night, with Maitri Bay Area, a 34-year-old organization raising money to battle domestic violence in the South Asian diaspora.
Wrapping up a business trip in the lake regions of Northern Italy.
March 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Wrapping up a business trip in the lake regions of Northern Italy.
The president of Mexico. 10,000 times the human that Trump and Elon Musk will ever be.
March 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The president of Mexico. 10,000 times the human that Trump and Elon Musk will ever be.
Ok, here we go again. Gates just opening. County jail and government buildings in the background, and groovy planes landing across the street. I love those hills. I really do. Especially with the sunset behind me, on the other side of the stadium.
March 9, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Ok, here we go again. Gates just opening. County jail and government buildings in the background, and groovy planes landing across the street. I love those hills. I really do. Especially with the sunset behind me, on the other side of the stadium.
Happy International Punk Women's Day.
March 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Happy International Punk Women's Day.
First two paragraphs of this lawsuit. 👏👏👏
March 6, 2025 at 3:37 AM
First two paragraphs of this lawsuit. 👏👏👏
Milan Kundera. He knew.
March 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Milan Kundera. He knew.
Some stuff from over there across the pond.
March 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Some stuff from over there across the pond.
Much bigger game, right now, this morning, California time. Liverpool and Manchester City. The pub is open. Whole neighborhood outside is a morgue. No one around. Inside, about 30 people. Our little home away from home. Thanks to O'Flat's for opening for these things.
February 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Much bigger game, right now, this morning, California time. Liverpool and Manchester City. The pub is open. Whole neighborhood outside is a morgue. No one around. Inside, about 30 people. Our little home away from home. Thanks to O'Flat's for opening for these things.
Home opener. @sjearthquakes74.bsky.social
February 23, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Home opener. @sjearthquakes74.bsky.social
Scenes from the protest in San Jose just moments ago, as it was getting started.
February 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Scenes from the protest in San Jose just moments ago, as it was getting started.
A great restaurant. And some great causes.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/747087...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/747087...
February 16, 2025 at 4:38 AM
A great restaurant. And some great causes.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/747087...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/747087...
Zareen's in Palo Alto.
February 15, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Zareen's in Palo Alto.
Today's Aleksandar Hemon passage:
“...immigration leads to a kind of self-othering as well. Displacement results in a tenuous relationship with the past, with the self that used to exist and operate in a different place, where the qualities that constituted us were in no need of negotiation.”
“...immigration leads to a kind of self-othering as well. Displacement results in a tenuous relationship with the past, with the self that used to exist and operate in a different place, where the qualities that constituted us were in no need of negotiation.”
February 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Today's Aleksandar Hemon passage:
“...immigration leads to a kind of self-othering as well. Displacement results in a tenuous relationship with the past, with the self that used to exist and operate in a different place, where the qualities that constituted us were in no need of negotiation.”
“...immigration leads to a kind of self-othering as well. Displacement results in a tenuous relationship with the past, with the self that used to exist and operate in a different place, where the qualities that constituted us were in no need of negotiation.”
The people who hated the halftime show yesterday.
February 11, 2025 at 4:48 AM
The people who hated the halftime show yesterday.
Entire shelf of Graham Greene at my local.
February 11, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Entire shelf of Graham Greene at my local.