PinnedHOW I Prepared for UPSC from home?I got AIR 848 in the recently declared UPSC CSE 2022 results. I come from North East India-born brought up studied and worked for a while…Jun 21, 2023Jun 21, 2023
How much reflection is too much reflection?Since recently, I have stumbled onto this you-tuber who goes around asking old people- “How old are you?-Question no 1” and they almost…Jan 1, 2023Jan 1, 2023
The Map is not the TerritoryThe title is inspired by Farnam Street’s famous blogpost on Mental Models. (Do read it if you haven’t! There is also a book by the same…Dec 24, 2022Dec 24, 2022
The parallels of COVID and “the Marad” (a not so endearing term used for the Indian men)This was early May 2021…The second wave of COVID in India was at the height of activity.. oxygen-unavailability, bed unavailability…Dec 24, 2022Dec 24, 2022
Dilemmas and How not to solve them?In 6th standard, we had a teacher who used “ridiculous” twice in every sentence.It was particularly weird because he was a mathematics…Oct 30, 2022Oct 30, 2022
What we talk about when we talk about patience? CAUTION- some comic references used.I have always loved Raymond Carver. And the title, as you might have noticed is inspired by his- “What we talk about when we talk about…Dec 28, 2021Dec 28, 2021
How to be the bigger person and take the high road?High road …isn’t that like the most omnipresent advice we give and receive from people (pretty much like viruses).Dec 18, 2021Dec 18, 2021
