“Being Mortal” by Dr. Atul Gawande is a gem of a book. All of sir’s books have taught lessons in such a compelling way that it changes your perspective, and helps to garner a sense of appreciation for this beautiful field. Although this one does the same, it is in…

Written on the occasion of my first professional exams coming to a close. — It’s finally over. You hear the distant noise of loud music flood the living room once you enter it. No, not this again. You don’t know them, but they are in your house. They’re your friend’s friends. Do they really need your validation to stay here? You hate it. You…

Yesterday, when I was speaking to a junior NEET aspirant on how the preparation was going, and asking if he needed any help, I got a text from a friend. It was a link, to a Twitter account, with the news: Our Government has taken a landmark decision for providing…

After a few heavily unorganized days, I am, finally, back on track. Yay! This post is going to be a reflection on the past few months (probably also a measure of how worse my writing skills have gotten as a result of months of inactivity :P). Mumbai is a place…

When I was ten, and had gone to my Dadaji’s (grandfather’s) village for the summer vacations, the incidents that make up this narrative unravelled like a shy flower bud — too scared to blossom, but bloomed anyway. It all started when my best friend, Dhruv, stopped coming over to our…

There are blues in everyone’s lives. These phases where you feel sad, and detached from everyone around you, or from your daily routine, from the things you like to do. It is perfectly normal to have these moments, and what’s more, this negetivity actually helps you value your positive phases…

To all of you who have not watched the movie yet, The Truman Show is about an ordinary man who is the star of a full-time reality show. He does not know anything about the thousands of cameras in his superficial world, and in the clothes of superficial people that…

2020 came with its own set of problems like every year, and an additional big one- the pandemic. This has affected people all over the country, and has caused delays in scheduled events everywhere. …