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Books: my friends and support system

Anyone who’s close to me knows that I’m a fan of books and reading, in general. But I wasn’t always a reader. In fact, until 2017, I didn’t get why…

Dec 5 •

August 2023

How to do great work by Paul Graham [Annotated]

When Paul Graham first posted this, it was all the rage and was extensively being shared everywhere. As much as I was tempted to read it, I was overcome…

Aug 29 •

The price of freedom

Azadi ki keemat kya hain (What is the price of freedom) Sab kuch hain maa, sab kuch (I have everything maa, everything) Jis azadi ke liye tujhse saari…

Aug 5 •

April 2023

Where are you running to? What are you running from?

During my school exams, I distinctly remember, as I neared the completion of my paper, I would start speeding up. Not necessarily because I was short on…

Apr 29 •

February 2023

#3 - What brings you joy?

About 15 years ago, a time when my class teacher had sandwiched “Aman is very timid” in her overall assessment of me on my year report card, I didn’t…

Feb 1 •

January 2023

#2 - Where does ambition lead to?

Last night, I was walking with one of my closest friends along the swimming pool in the society where I live. One of the many walks that we regularly…

Jan 15 •

#1 - The allure & ignorance of "now"

Have you heard about the Marshmallow experiment? If you haven’t, let me briefly explain it to you. A bunch of scientists gathered a group of kids. Each…

Jan 8 •

September 2022

Letters To My Younger Self #2: Anger

March 22, 2019, Delhi. You were really looking forward to that day. After all, you were going to have a reunion with some of your favourite college…

Sep 17, 2022 •

August 2022

LOMYS #1 - To be or not to be, content

The year is 2011, the one in which India won the Cricket World Cup after 28 years. You’re in Kolkata, studying in your 9th grade. Your life revolved…

Aug 6, 2022 •

June 2022

What is home? For some people, it is a person. For some others, it is a place. And then there are those who are still trying to find what home means to…

Jun 13, 2022 •

May 2022

Why I am going on a break, again!

I am starting to become suspicious of the summers. Not afraid. Just suspicious. Around the same time last year, I took a 2-month break from work as I…

May 16, 2022 •

April 2022

Hope, longing and family

Nowadays, it only takes one to have an internet connection to be told how fucked up we are. It seems everything around us is falling apart. For a large…

Apr 10, 2022 •

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