Volume 5 · The Great Indian Bazaar · Essay 281
Tog’s Paradox
The Tog’s paradox does not want to confuse you. It wants to show you that your first answer was too easy.
The way out is not to solve it but to carry it. Some loads are meant to be carried, not put down. This paradox is one of them, and the carrying itself builds the muscle.
Stand at a tea stall during a big cricket match and you will see a hundred strangers become one family in an evening. The same crowd, given a different match, can split over a surname.
Society is a long conversation; the only question is whether you are listening or merely waiting to speak. Keep it like a good key: accessible, unlabelled, and used often.