It’s that time of the month when I provide an update on my PhD. And in this newsletter, I discuss how I tried to take a meaningful break from PhD.

It has been a while since 2024 is over--and it is time for a 2024 recap. Years pass by, and with every new year, we reflect on how previous year was.

I am writing this newsletter about how I became a runner and how my journey has come to shape me. Today has been good so far. I did the Parkrun today.

Alfie, as some Aussies would call it—hit Queensland's shore. Some 50 years ago, Cyclone Althea hit Queensland and it's history.

In this newsletter, I try making sense of writing and life. I will instead put the rest of my energy into writing my newsletter.

I completed a few books I had read halfway through, wrote reviews for those books I had read in between, and even managed to read fiction in a day. In this newsletter entry, I will list out some of ...

Orhan Pamuk, Austin Kleon, and Paul Graham--whose writings I have come across recently and admire their tips for writing well.

In every neighbourhood, there are detectives and the supposed mysterious characters. Every family holds that one character who tends to get sceptical of everything and does not and will not accept ...

Dinjith Ayyathan’s ‘Kishkindha Kaandam’, a 2024 Malayalam thriller, enmeshes emotions, familial relations, and mystery in his storytelling. Monikered after Ramayana’s Kishkindha Kaandam, where Lord ...

We all go on trips with friends. Those car rides. Those stops on the roadside to sip a cup of chai. That loud music and too much noise huddling between soothing classical tunes and the ...