Category: culture
All the stuff that shapes the way we think, act, and interact with the world around us.
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And Probably Will Be For Life Trend.
This essay contains a couple of thoughts on the “In Your 20s, There Will Be” trend. I’m not entirely sure what it’s called, but if you’ve been on social media lately, you’ve definitely seen it.
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You Invented a Fake Ending to ‘You’ve Got Mail’
Why so many of us mis-remember the ending of You’ve Got Mail because our brains fill in what comes next and the fact that we all come up with the same alt-ending probably says less about the movie and more about us.
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Inconvenience is the price of community but also––
Enough of these economics-inspired slogans.
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Thinking in the age of ChatGPT
On whether AI-powered writing tools are helping us work smarter, or just helping us avoid thinking altogether, based on what MIT saw happening inside people’s heads.
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Growing up online
A personal story about remote schooling in 2005, growing up online, and how the internet used to feel like a place instead of a product.
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Annoying: A love language
On being annoying and the exhausting lengths we go to seem otherwise. An essay about performance anxiety and trying to be chill.
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Cleaning my fridge
My list of marinating thoughts on culture, friendships, the internet, society, and life in general.
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Snap snap snap snap snap
This essay is about a brief stint I had in the slam poetry circles of Mumbai, exactly a decade ago.
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Unfinished Conversations 