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Moving on in age of infinite memory
Sounds strange, I know. We live in the age of digital noise and e-cacophony. Surrounded by blinding lights, inane reels, and distracting memes. Everyone, including me, is fighting for the attention of the vast sea known as “people on the internet.” A nameless, faceless group made up of infinite finite lives. At this age, I… Continue reading
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Emotional Consequence of Broadcast Television
Television made its place in almost every Indian middle-class household by the 2000s. Two decades later, it now seems somewhat obsolete to people in their 20s, something that has outlived its purpose. TV has descended into the amalgamated madness of screaming panellists and anchors. Mixed with comedy shows which rest on “Wife bad, Husband good”… Continue reading
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UPSC kar lo, life ban jayegi.
I’ve heard it, you’ve heard it. If you belong to the middle class and have an interest in humanities, there’s a good chance that either an overly concerned relative or your parents themselves have told you that “UPSC Kar lo, life ban jayegi”. Now before I go on, I need to make clear that in… Continue reading
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Time Travel
We’ve all heard of it, we’ve all thought about it too. Time travel is the bread and butter of the daydreamers. It’s very common in pop culture. You can ask people where do they wanna time travel to, and the answer they give could tell you a lot about them. Now, if you were to… Continue reading
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I hate Sunday evenings
I hate Sunday evenings. Some people hate random things. And if I were to pick and choose something random to hate, I would choose Sunday evenings. They are the pinnacle of loneliness and gloominess. An abrupt break in the routine of life. On Sunday evenings it feels as if everyone you love and care about… Continue reading
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Dying stars
In 6th standard Our science teacher Told us about the fate of stars. He told us it takes years For the light of stars To reach us, where we are. And when we see a star shine It’s been dead all along It’s an absurd thing To teach a kid that The star he wished… Continue reading
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श्याम परिंदा
आसमान अब सुना है पंछियों का शोर नहीं पंछियों के परो की दी जा रही बलि कही एक राजा है इस देश का निर्दयी और मायावी भी खा जाता परिंदों को उनके पर आते ही प्रजा भी निर्मम है कहाँ राजा से कम है परिंदो को पकड़ लाती परिंदो की दुश्मन है … Continue reading
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To north campus, with love.
A few days back, I went to my hostel to pick up my notes. When I was in my hostel room frantically packing notes, something dawned on me. The next time I’m in this room, It’ll be to pack up my stuff and leave for good. It was a parting that I always knew would… Continue reading
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कच्चे बगीचे
शहर शहर अब ढूंढ रही है एक कच्चा बगीचा कच्चे बगीचों का किन्तु कोई शहर न होगा मधुबन मधुबन फिरती है एक मासूम तितली लथपथ खुद को करती अब हर मधुबन रूठा चलते चलते आ गयी इस लोहे के जंगल नन्ही सी तितली का अब मेला छूटा डगर डगर बस दर्द मिला… Continue reading
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Purpose of art
If you are any kind of artist, and I’m pretty sure you are because in a way everyone is, then I’m sure someone on some dreaded day has inquired about the purpose of your art. Uncle’s dreaded “ Ye sab theek hai par karoge kya iska?”. My first thought usually is, “Kuch bhi karu, tumko… Continue reading
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धुआँ
एक धुआँ उठ रहा हैजो दम घोटता हैजिसमे साँस नहीं आतीऔर जिस्म जल रहा है निर्मम निराशा का धुआँजो आसमान घेरता हैये धुआँ किसी इन्सान कीजलती रूह से उठा है सत्ता के दंभ में कोईइस धुएँ की आग कोनिर्दयी स्वार्थ सेफिर हवा कर रहा है सिर्फ एक रूह नहींजो जल रही हैहर चौराहे मेंजलती रूह… Continue reading
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Family, Political correctness, and Plato
Delhi ki Hawa lag Gayi hai … My relatives have said that to me every time I’ve been back home. I’m sure yours have too, or some other variant of it. And the context is always the same. Some uncle or aunt would say something extremely problematic, throwing all political correctness out of… Continue reading
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Moving on
Piledriver Waltz plays in the background and the part when Alex Turner goes “You look like you’ve been for breakfast at the heartbreak hotel”, has been echoing in your mind for a while. You think of all the relationships that ended badly and you pick one from which you’re yet to move on. It’s frustrating… Continue reading
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Small-town romance and its many problems
I’m pretty sure you’ve witnessed some sort of small-town romance by now, either by being in one or seeing one in movies like Masaan. And by the way, if you haven’t watched Masaan, you should. Small town romances are quaint and subtle – lost forever in the last pages of notebooks or carved into immortality… Continue reading
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The case for “not being different”
“It’s important to be different from others “ This was the one immutable principle of my teenage years. I used to think I must stand out. I must be different. This was all a result of my sudden interaction with the world of the internet and social media. I was competing with the world to… Continue reading
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The Inevitability of a heartbreak
Hi, there Let’s get one thing out in the open. Heartbreaks are inevitable. In the course of your life you will get your heartbroken and chances are you’ll break someone’s heart too. That’s just how things are. There’s no alternative, there’s no safe path. You can’t anticipate it and you can’t save yourself. You can’t… Continue reading
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What do we talk about when we talk about love ?
Love is a universal emotion, yet probably the most misrepresented and most misinterpreted one. Raymond Carver in his short story “What do we talk about when we talk about love?” tried to show the different kinds of love a group of friends experience. You see a various representation of love in your favorite sitcom, in… Continue reading
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Coming of age ?
Like millions of teenagers all over the world, I also saw a lot of coming of age movies and read novels in which a lost young protagonist finally found his calling, fell in love and saved the world. I eagerly waited for my call to come to me, to “find” myself and more importantly to… Continue reading
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Khari Baoli – Asia’s Largest Wholesale Spice Market
Where – Khari Baoli, Near Fatehpuri Masjid, Chandini Chowk, New Delhi Why – Asia’s biggest wholesale spice market, amazing street food. Nearest Metro – Chandini Chowk Metro Station Best Time to visit – During sunset or sunrise Things to carry – Water Bottles, Mask or a Handkerchief to cover the nose, Shades. Background The market… Continue reading
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Shadows of Love
Have you ever had a fight with your parents? The first time I disagreed with my parents on something I couldn’t even believe myself. Before that day I never thought that there would come a point when I’ll be against my parents. We grow up in the shadows of our parent’s love. We grow up… Continue reading
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Delhi’s own Tibet
Where – Tibetan Colony, New Arun Nagar, North Delhi Why – Glimpses of Tibetan culture and practices, Tibetan cuisine Best time to visit – 3-4 pm Nearest Metro – Vidhan Sabha ( Yellow Line) Background 1959 Tibet, the year of the Lhasa Rebellion, the year when Dalai Lama went into exile. So when the Arun… Continue reading
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Misunderstood & emotionally insecure.
Nobody likes to be misunderstood, frankly its one of the worst feelings in the world. When you are trying to do something but it got misinterpreted and now all of a sudden you are feeling guilty without making a mistake. The problem, if you are not very extroverted, is that once the misunderstanding is out… Continue reading
About Me
I’m a guy in a strange place writing an infrequent blog. I speak with little to no expertise on everything. What I write comes from my lived experience and that’s all there is to it. This is a blog maintained with v low effort and purely for my joy