Category: Non fiction
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The Forbidden Fruit and it’s Warning Label- Chirag Saxena
Is smoking simply a personal choice, or is there more to it? In a culture that often glorifies independence, the act of lighting up can seem like a harmless rebellion. But as I delved deeper into my own smoking habits, I realized there might be a more complex story at play. The convenience of a…
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An Ode To The Jungles of The Great Chhota Nagpur Plateau- Hirak Dasgupta
There is no loneliness more profound than what is felt in the heart of a busy city amid a thick crowd buzzing, fretting, and quivering in servitude. The modern city is supposed to be the epitome of civilization. And yet, it has nothing to offer to the soul. To the wanderlust, the city is reserata…
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The Brown Writer’s Americana- Hirak Dasgupta
How can you effectively write the language of a country you have never visited? Hirak works as a commercial writer for American clients. He took his personal life as an inspiration for this column.
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Next station: Ego death- Chirag Saxena
I have been taking metro rides in Delhi for a decade now. In my ten years I have noticed different characters that you can find in any subway. But then I noticed that I am also the characters that I observed. The sense of self started to flee because I decided to travel in a…
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Money’s Grip on society- Chirag Saxena
Everything in this world is centered around money. People read their horoscopes for it, they pray for it, and they even indulge in tarot for it. I understand the reason for this behavior. Money means resources. If you have more of it then it means that your future is secure and your family’s future is…
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Escaping ideology- Chirag Saxena
“Haven’t you heard? They have built a wonderful temple in Ayodhya!” Everyone screams about that city these days. It has become the new Jerusalem. A city is only as holy as the blood spilled for it. But then I decide to go to my rooftop. It may not be holy but at least no blood…
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A decade long frustration against fascism- Chirag Saxena
I come from one of the most privileged sections of India: Hindu, Upper Caste, Middle Class, Heterosexual Male. While caste and religion do not mean anything to me, I know that they affect my reality. I have avoided many struggles because of my background, yet I know that when national and global fascism rises, it…
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Reflections from the terrace- Chirag Saxena
I work from home, so all my hustle is done from my house. Whenever I feel that I am taking all of the regular struggles too seriously, I go to my terrace on the third floor. There is so much to notice from that height: other people, buildings, trees, and birds. Today I chose the…
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Is free will deterministic? – Raghava Deepak
Free will is the evaluation or assessment of an incident and assembling an opinion from the residues of past experiences and memory. All memory is the accumulation or leftovers of cause & effect. This evaluation or assessment as it originates from the residue of cause & effect becomes another cause for another effect. The effects…
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Thoughts on Futility- Alex Diaz
futile (/ˈfyo͞odl/), adjective – incapable of producing any useful result; pointless. I find a great deal of talk about theoretical morality; yet never about practical morality (not a significant amount, at least). Perhaps this is because we do not have moral liberty in our modern society. We might have collective liberty – as in general,…