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An ancient Indian scholar, representing the philosopher Bhartrihari, writing on a parchment in a dimly lit library. Glowing Sanskrit words rise from the page and magically form luminous, intricate architectural structures, illustrating the concept that language generates reality.
The Ghost in the Grammar: Bhartrihari and the Architecture of Reality.
  Language does not merely describe reality. Language generates it. I. The Upper Berth Separation is a distinct, heavy species of pain. When I was in boarding school, the final week of a holiday felt like...
Moody close-up of a coiled hemp rope resting on a dusty, ancient stone path at twilight, with distant Indian archways blurred in the background, illustrating the philosophical concept of Maya and Adhyasa in Adi Shankaracharya’s Advaita Vedanta.
The Snake on the Swing: Adi Shankaracharya and the Architecture of Illusion
True freedom is not found on the seventeen-hour train ride home. It is found in realizing you are the screen, not the movie. I. The Madness of the Twelfth Year Fifteen years have passed, and still, the...
Three heavy canvas travel bags sitting on a wet, misty railway platform with a blurred train in the background, representing the emotional weight of anticipation and the passage of time.
The Dread in the Joy: Siddhartha Gautama and the Impossibility of Freezing Time
True freedom is not the train ride home. It is the walk to the gate. I. October October was a month I always looked forward to. Festivals brought holidays, and holidays at a boarding school were an event...
A conceptual illustration of people walking on a giant, infinity-shaped loop with doors, representing the hedonic treadmill, the corporate rat race, and the illusion of success.
Life as a Waiting Line: The Illusion of Success and the Power of Purpose
The Hedonic Treadmill: Why getting what we want never seems to satisfy us for long. The Kolkata Toilet Queue The glory of a January morning is a scene worth standing still for. The bitter cold of the night...
An hourglass on a wooden desk with sand turning into mist, sitting next to the book When Breath Becomes Air, representing a philosophical reflection on mortality.
I Have Spent Nights Wondering: A Reflection on When Breath Becomes Air
Time is the catalyst for any relation to grow, but who has time? A reflection on Paul Kalanithi’s ‘When Breath Becomes Air’  Nearly three weeks ago, a book reviewer on YouTube recommended...
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