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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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The Age of Proof
An essay about age, seriousness, and what we lose when we try too hard to get life right.
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This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Ghiblis
On the discourse about AI, Studio Ghibli, and why our obsession with imitation might say more about us than about the machines.
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The invisible exchange
On reciprocity and how it shapes our relationships, communities, and economies. What do we truly owe each other in an increasingly self-focused world?
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Letting love do its work
Thoughts on The Velveteen Rabbit, and the quiet courage it takes to let ourselves be transformed by love.
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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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The Questions We Live Through
An investigation into the fact that we keep playing out the same dramas in our lives.
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Friendship Stuff Part II
Another set of messy thoughts on friendships, mainly focusing on how to be a better friend. There’s an explanation for the moth picture.
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Grab your friends, wear your florals
On bad but impactful art, tone-deaf marketing, celebrity culture, and wealth.
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What not to expect when you’re expecting
On miscarriage, sadness, and the decision to talk about it.