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That which liberates is knowledge

My school's motto was "सा विद्या या विमुक्तये" — Sanskrit for "That which liberates is knowledge." Unfortunately, our education system today does the exact opposite of that. Instead of liberating us, it enchains us. It transforms us into a meek fearful person who believes that the only path to a good career and life is through a perfec...

Who runs the world?

I am reading the book 'Shantaram' these days, and while there are many great moments in the book, the first two pages of Chapter 17 might have been the most profound two pages I've read all this year. It's a discussion on a topic that we've all probably wondered about at some point in our lives, 'Who runs the world?' I've heard several...

Old and Boring

A friend recently asked if I ditched Substack for Hey World because it's the shiny new object. I chuckled. "Hey World" is new, yes, but the idea and implementation is probably as old as the web. Plus if you look at the various tricks that most online writing platforms of 2021 can pull, it's quite boring too. Hey World is old and boring...

Uncles and Aunties

It's almost exactly one year since I was a part of a family celebration. It was my cousin's wedding. But there's this one trivial moment from that trip which I keep thinking about lately. As is common in most Indian weddings, the entire extended family was at the same house, and every evening all the gents would collect in one room to ...