Numb at the Lodge

A universal, absolute, and infinite theory of vibes

We have all been wearing hideous jeans, all the time

Feb 2 • 

Sam Kriss

January 2025

There’s someone on the ice

A gasp from the bottom of the world

Jan 18 • 

Sam Kriss

Prophecies for 2025

The winds of prophecy whisper strange whisperings into my ears

Jan 5 • 

Sam Kriss

December 2024

Numb in India, finale: The fire sermon

On the burning in the eye and the burning in the world

Dec 29, 2024 • 

Sam Kriss

Numb in India, part 8: Love is all and love is everyone

Digging through the ruins of the hippie dream

Dec 11, 2024 • 

Sam Kriss

November 2024

Numb in India, part 7: Land of gloop

Why is India so poor? Why is India so lame?

Nov 28, 2024 • 

Sam Kriss

Numb in India, part 6: The greater game

With gods and gangsters in the streets of Mumbai

Nov 18, 2024 • 

Sam Kriss

Numb in India, part 5: Jai Shri TV

Hinduism as fandom, plus my pitch for the London Review of Gods

Nov 10, 2024 • 

Sam Kriss

I told you so

How you lost the world, again

Nov 6, 2024 • 

Sam Kriss

October 2024

Numb in India, part 4: Dharma police

Why the caste system is much weirder than you thought

Oct 25, 2024 • 

Sam Kriss

Numb in India, part 3: Numb in Pakistan

In which I have a go at partitioning India again

Oct 11, 2024 • 

Sam Kriss

Numb in India, part 2: The city beautiful

Modernist utopia, Vedic sacrifice, and the terrible secret of the Sun

Oct 4, 2024 • 

Sam Kriss