We are all a gooey sack of emotions. Apparently, people that don't express their emotions tend to be very emotional on the inside. And we can all agree those that are emo all the time tend to be very annoying, on the outside. This makes understanding emotions and people that display them insanely complex. Over … Continue reading When things fall apart: Tauba tera jalwa, Tauba tera pyar, Tera emosanal attyachaar
In 1961, inside one of the basements of an Ivy League University, something horrific was taking place. Innocent people were being electrocuted to death. There was no discernible motivation behind the crime. Not vendetta. Not capital punishment. Not even the general psychopathic rage that comes with academic rigor. Fully functional and sensitive human beings were … Continue reading How to Save The World
It has no purpose. It helps let go of the need to find a purpose. It's a free-fall into purposelessness. It is art. Art is masochistic. Art is selfish. Art is an escape. Art's inspiration is called the Muse. The Muse looks a lot like suffering. Art divides people. If it doesn't, it has failed in its … Continue reading Art is useless
Every generation loses its beans over the state of the next generation. I thought I was one to never indulge in such inane concerns until last week, I heard a five-year-old kid bleat on about the speed of the internet. Although her generation has some time to go before they turn into world disappointments, I am proud … Continue reading Beyond Millennials: One generation’s awkward rise to tech dominance
The school I went to was a four-storey concentration camp inside which teachers were free to slap you, cane you on the knuckles, and make you kneel down on the cold floor with your hands up, with someone spotting you to ensure your hands went up perfectly straight failing which you could expect objects such … Continue reading Art, Food, Love, & Friendship: Hacking the Education system
The reason we are falling down so much.
A: Fear is the thing without feathers. B: It weighs you down with nothingness. Fear: a Q&A, a dialogue, a soliloquy.
This question seems to be the spirit of our times. Let's get it out of the way.
I had a simple goal for 2017: To write one post on this blog every week. Not the loftiest goal, I'll admit. But to set a goal with no end in mind was a big deal for me personally. For the first time, I was taking a dig at this mysterious idea called the Journey. Not … Continue reading What I learnt from a year of blogging
Let's kick off with the latest advance in happiness: Happiness = Reality - Expectations If you want to be happy, stop expecting things to turn out the way you want them. Sounds good. Once the world starts following the arithmetic, we can all live happily ever after. For a while, every time I put out … Continue reading The hitchhiker’s guide to happiness
