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What Remains When Nothing Remains
Ralph Waldo Emerson once observed, “Of all the ways to lose a person, death is the kindest.” I never fully understood the profound truth of these words until I began reflecting on the different types of last conversations that mark the end of relationships. In recent weeks, I’ve experienced two such conversations—both final, both conclusive,…
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I Study Digital Addiction. Then I Became Addicted.
Something happened in early 2020 that made me step back from everything digital. Maybe it was the sudden shift to online everything, or maybe I just got tired of the noise. Whatever it was, I deleted my social media accounts and stayed away for almost two years. Not just Instagram—I barely even answered phone calls.…
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Life Lessons from Axon Pathfinding
It was winter 2024. I was a few months into my PhD at the National Brain Research Centre, Gurgaon, still finding my footing in the academic world. Between long hours in the course-work classes, lab rotations and evenings spent poring over research papers, I found moments of unexpected clarity in the most ordinary places—like that…
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The Light, the Wound, and the Story We Tell Ourselves
They say, “The wound is the place where the light enters you.” Rumi’s words echo through time, quoted endlessly, admired deeply. But have you ever paused to ask—why? Why the wound? Why not strength, or joy, or wholeness? And if it were true, wouldn’t suffering always make us wiser? Yet, it doesn’t—some wounds close over,…
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The Goodness Trap
“बेहिसी शर्त है जीने के लिए और हमको एहसास की बीमारी है “ John Elia John Elia’s words have a way of cutting through the noise, don’t they? They make me wonder: What does it mean to live with this “disease of feeling”? To carry the weight of the world’s pain, not just as an…
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What We Feel ?
This time, it’s just a spontaneous poetic reflection on Leo Tolstoy’s timeless question: Is it really possible to express what we feel?
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Crimes of Consciousness
“Our knowledge of the world consists of systems of ideas that we construct in our imagination without being conscious of doing so. Some…” The sentence blurred as my eyelids grew heavy. Penn Handwerker’s The Origin of Cultures slid off my chest, its thesis about individual choices shaping society dissolving into the static of sleep. My…
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When Understanding Doesn’t Seem to Matter (Or Does it ?)
Do we always truly understand each other, or do we sometimes choose what we comprehend? This week’s newsletter explores this question through a personal lens. Read it here:
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Been thinking about love.
How often do the simplest things offer the deepest life lessons? Today, I stumbled upon a beautifully written piece that resonated with me profoundly. It speaks to something we all know, yet rarely truly embody. I was so moved by its simplicity and depth that I wanted to share it with you all. You know,…
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Close to the Finish Line? Don’t Let Distractions Derail You
Has this ever happened to you? You’ve worked tirelessly toward a goal, but just as you near the finish line, you find yourself feeling stuck or strangely uninterested. Perhaps you’ve fallen ill, gotten lost in elaborate planning, or started dreaming about life after success instead of focusing on the task at hand. Recently, a friend…