Diehard railfans are sure to mourn the loss of their favourite quirks and eccentricities on Indian trains Introduction What’s your most treasured aspect of train travel? Some of you might say you like sitting by the window and admiring the scenery outside while sipping your favourite beverage or listening to music…

Things go way deeper than what’s just apparent at the surface level (Scroll to the end for the recap if you don’t want to read the entire thing.) Earlier this year in July, I published an article that spoke about childhood bullying and how it could be make a great…

Being friendless isn’t the issue. Being in limbo is. I recently published an article about how I gradually lost all my friends one after another over the years to finally end up completely friendless today. However, on analyzing this issue further, I came to a totally different conclusion. It wasn’t…

Putting the onus of safety on the victim is textbook aggressor mentality I recently came across a post on Reddit where a Redditor narrated an incident of harassment he faced while commuting on the metro system of my city. …

Scutinizing the inconsistencies between veganism and capitalism A few years ago, I was riding the metro back home from an animal rights outreach program in the CBD area of the city with a fellow animal rights activist. He was youthful personality bursting with passion for the AR movement and was…

Confronting the emptiness of my mid thirties Introduction I turned 33 this year, something that is usually celebrated but dreaded for those not wishing to follow the mainstream path of life in India. …

The story of how weed destroyed my friends life Introduction Weed, Pot, marijuana, cannabis. Once a small time recreational drug done only by the hoodlums and wastrels of society, is now the go-to reprieve for frazzled employees looking to unwind from the stressors of corporate life. In India, its becoming increasingly…

I spent a week in the sunshine state taking in its beach culture. The realization hit me the moment I got off the trail and put my feet down on the sand at Palolem beach. There aren’t any changing rooms here! I had made my way from my hostel to…

Being a freelancer benefits society in an immense, but not so obvious number of ways. Just a few weeks ago, I read an article on Medium that spoke about the rising trend of Hikikomori in the United States. Being an Indian resident, I could still relate to everything that was…