It is a journey: thousands of years; millions; no, billions; infinite. What does it mean- infinite? A word as meaningless as any other. A notion, a concept, a construct. But words are needed, even to describe what cannot be described. What about things that cannot be either described or experienced? Like billions of years-kilometers. What is more accurate- years or kilometers? No one knows, no one can tell. Billions? Another word, without meaning. Endless, without beginning or end, that which can neither be experienced nor described. Does it matter how you describe the indescribable? How you interpret it? How you understand it? Does quantum mechanics make the universe more intelligible? Ha!
The title is inspired by the eponymous book based on the diaries of Amar Singh, a Rajasthani noble who chronicled colonial life over a period of 44 years.
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