Our culture’s obsession with work — A while ago, I was chatting with a friend about college. It was mostly complaining: both of us were swamped with work, and neither had the motivation to actually do any of it. The conversation was like dozens of others I had; it was the usual bantering mixed with grumbling…

My Medium Blog is Almost Accidental — As things go, I am not a writer. I much prefer to read and edit others’ work; writing all by myself is not something I am naturally gravitated to. I have tried writing twice before and given up both times, making this blog my re-re-entry into writing. The first time…

Making the Greediest Non-Human Object in the Universe Give Up its Mass — Black holes are the most extreme places in the known Universe, sucking everything in with no hope of recovery. Not even light can escape their gravitational pull. It thus seems counterintuitive that any process can take energy from one, yet there are not one but multiple ways by which it…

Pushing those already down is ingrained in our culture — One of the things I hate most is hostile architecture. Wikipedia defines it as ‘an urban-design strategy that uses elements of the built environment to purposefully guide or restrict behavior.’ In practice, this refers to making common public spaces less accessible to everyone, just so that the most vulnerable of…

Alternatively: A Lie You Have Been Taught at School — If you have ever taken a science class, you must have heard at some point or the other that glass is a liquid, albeit one which flows very slowly. As proof, you would be told about old buildings with a noticeable difference in thickness between the tops and bottoms of…

According to Google, approximately 20% of searches on its app are done through voice, and that number is only set to grow as time passes. Voice search is, in the end, far more accessible than typing. There is still some awkwardness over using it in public, but for the most…

Just yesterday, I saw a Whatsapp video claiming that governments don’t ban alcohol and cigarettes despite their clear negative impact on public health because doing so would reduce their budget, as both have a high tax percentage and thus contribute significantly to government coffers. The rest of the video went…

Several years ago, I remember a discussion my friends and I were having about food, and suddenly the topic of spices came up, particularly cloves. We had each seen them being used in various dishes but never actually eaten any. It seemed logical to our young minds that they should…

Truthfully, despite being Gen-Z, I only got to know about the Shelfie prompt when Squeeze the Avocado tagged me in theirs. For a while, I wondered what I should do: I don’t have many actual physical books (something which I intend to remedy as soon as I get my own…