Lessons 2024 taught me
You don't need social media to get news
The single most common hindrance in the path of people who want to leave social media but can't is news.
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The Failure of RW Imaginations
On some level, the so-called culture war is a war between different imaginations. Neither the Left, nor the Right is happy with the present.
The Song of the North
I live in a small town on the east coast of India.
Pracheen - a prose poem (video)
A prose poem I wrote yesterday. Also included is a PDF printable of the poem.
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Understanding how we understand
I remember once a friend of my uncle discovered that I had no intention of getting married.
You may be training your brain to not think
Reading takes effort. Audio-visual media does not. It plays regardless of whether you are comprehending what you see and hear.
Your social feed is not entertaining you
When you decide to read a book or watch a movie, you are making a conscious decision to engage in a very specific activity.
The Death of Experience
In the early 2000s, I was publishing short stories on my blog for fun and fame.
India doesn't need a national language
A controversy that erupts every few years is about Hindi imposition by the north on the south. I made an episode to put my views on record.
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The strange thing about strange things
A huge part of speculative and imaginative literature, especially its genre variants, is that strange things happen.
Call him Chintu
As someone who gets more than his share of Hindutva trolls, I learned some time ago the problem with calling Right Wing trolls names like monsters and maniacs.
Why this writer keeps talking about AI
I frequently write about generative AI from the perspective of a writer.
Writing is more than just generating text
A newsletter is a very personal thing. When I subscribe to yours, I am putting my trust in you that you will send me something of your making and that it will be a result of your own labour, your lived experience, and your expertise.
I had almost 300K followers on Instagram when I stopped
For better or worse, we have all come to define our worth in terms of follower-counts.
The myth of AI superiority
We often talk about technology as if it is just a tool and that there isn’t anything good or bad about it.
Dynamics of the Baba Economy
Ever wondered why there is some kind of baba in pretty much every reel you watch these days? It's not an accident.
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The Indian education system wasn't designed for students
A long time ago, a tragedy turned into a comedy right before my eyes.
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What young people don't understand about qualifications
Sometimes, young people write to me asking about my qualifications. This confuses me because I haven't had to worry about that in more than two decades. I realised a long time ago that our education system is designed to create the appearance of education and that true education happens in the field through work and experience. However, young people not understanding this is understandable since their world views are limited by where they stand in life. In the long run, what decides your fate is not your certificates, it's actual work you have done in the field and the appreciation that gets you from people.
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People-pleasing is a fool's errand
The two kinds of people in your life and what you tell the universe when you choose who to pay attention to.
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Writing about Robots in a World where Robots can Write
It feels a little strange writing this essay.
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