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Essays
Opinionated, long-form narrative writing with an agenda.
The Critique, The Creator and the Editor Went to a Bar
The three voices you need to make anything — and why letting them work at the same time means nothing gets made. On sequencing creation, critique, and editing instead of letting them clash.
Essay ·Apr 2026
Daal Chawal Happiness
All happiness is small. On cooking my mom's daal chawal, the fleeting nature of every joy — from new sneakers to dream cars — and why the mind keeps fooling us into ranking them.
Essay ·Mar 2026
Numbers Don't Bleed. Stories Do.
Statistics fade from memory, but stories preserve the human emotions behind historical tragedies. Why we must collect, live, and pass down narratives that capture what numbers cannot—the grief, courage, and moral choices that define our shared humanity.
Essay ·Nov 2025
When Intelligence Becomes Rentable
As AI makes thinking effortless, what happens to judgment, taste, and human creativity? A reflective essay on resisting cognitive outsourcing in the age of LLMs.
Essay ·Nov 2025