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Trad wife is boring old anti-feminist wine in an aesthetic bottle. But, its popularity with young Gen Z women in India reveals a failure of our feminist…
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The To-Do List Tyranny
A recent viral tweet about a tech investor using Notion to “manage” his marriage reminded me of the oft-felt impulse to throw away my (many) to-do…
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The Hamster Wheel of Being Online
In the race to create an edgy online personal brand, have the freshest take on the block, and build a relationship with an invisible audience, we're…
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December 2023

Say No to Year-End Lists
You could have won the Nobel Prize in 2023, and still on 30th December 2023, while sitting down to list your achievements think, “Yaar, but I didn’t go…
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Women Who Rebel
What two memoirs by "that kind of women" taught me about living, and regrets.
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May 2023

Impatience
What AI writing tools reveal about our culture which rewards having created art...without actually creating it.
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April 2023

Memory
A short note on Mughals, histories, and the stories we forget.
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March 2023

November 2022

Pose, and Awe
Stiff back, straight gaze, and a pose — replacing cool for awe in photographs. And our lives.
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How To Blame a Murder Victim
Shraddha Walkar's murder, a newspaper article, and four deadly strikes.
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June 2022

May 2022

Falling in Love
A short story.
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