Category · 7 posts
Reflections
Essays on purpose, love, relationships, identity, and the things everyone eventually faces.
The Season of Emptiness
When my work no longer needed me, purpose fell silent. On waiting, light hope, small acts, and the discipline of beginning again.
The Shape of Love: Between Freedom, Fear, and Silence
A Coldplay kiss-cam, a resignation and the internet’s hunger for blame. On love that begins where the mind falls quiet, and why that frightens us.
The Mystery of Human Relationships
Friend, family, partner, colleague: the labels never quite fit. Why relationships refuse to stay still, and a better question to ask about them.
The Four D’s of Life: Disease, Disability, Dependency and Death
Disease, disability, dependency and death come to all of us. What each one teaches, and why facing them makes for a wiser, kinder life.
The Smell of Money
Indian banknotes are 100% cotton. What money actually smells like (paper, ink, a trace of us) and why the scent stirs such strong feelings.
Identity
Is the apple today the same apple tomorrow? A first-principles look at identity: what keeps a thing itself while its parts and its moment change.
Dare to Miss a Shot
Waiting for perfect means never starting. Why perfection is a spectrum, and how small, realistic goals get the work done.