The King of Summer
April 24, 2021
Summer is the best time of the year, and anyone who disagrees must be imprisoned without trial. A nostalgic ode to childhood vacations and cartoon marathons. … More The King of Summer
Category: Life
The year of the unknown
March 14, 2021
A year on from blissful unawareness – reflecting on the first time in human history the whole world went through the same thing together, just never how anyone wanted. … More The year of the unknown
What the lockdowns taught me about my family
May 31, 2020
Almost every evening now, tea and cake on the balcony with my parents – a habit lockdown gave us that we never really had before. … More What the lockdowns taught me about my family
This is our war
May 17, 2020
2020 was supposed to be India’s ‘Superpower 2020’ moment, as APJ Abdul Kalam once promised us. Instead, it became a very different kind of fight. … More This is our war
Why are Indian Millenials moving abroad?
February 9, 2020
“Canada or Australia?” is the first question I now ask every friend who tells me they’re leaving India. On the quiet millennial exodus abroad. … More Why are Indian Millenials moving abroad?
Why MBA?
February 2, 2020
“Your dad has one degree, you must have at least two” – the family logic that decided my MBA was inevitable long before I even knew what it meant. … More Why MBA?
Ashamed and powerless
December 1, 2019
I didn’t want to write this. On the exhausting, repeating cycle of national outrage after violence against women in India, and what it does to you. … More Ashamed and powerless
Life of a smoker
October 27, 2019
A 2am matrimonial-profile prank from a friend turns into a wry look at dating, identity, and what it means to be labelled “a smoker” on paper. … More Life of a smoker
Anxiety – my companion
September 28, 2019
“You need to chill.” If I had a dollar for every time. On growing up anxious, being called an overreactor, and what that actually feels like from inside. … More Anxiety – my companion
The comfort zone
September 15, 2019
Food, entertainment, connectivity – millennials have endless choice at our fingertips. What all that convenience is quietly doing to us. … More The comfort zone
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