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The Quiet Science of Roadside Conversions
Satire2026 · 4 minAI assisted

The Quiet Science of Roadside Conversions

An admiring study of India's most overlooked marketplace — the intersection where rules meet negotiation, and every encounter resolves itself.

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The Concert Economy of Musicstaan
Satire2025 · 6 minAI assisted

The Concert Economy of Musicstaan

"In Musicstaan, even silence hums." A fable about a nation built on music, the promoters who packaged it, and the crowds who still believe.

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Satire2009–11 · 2 min

Learned Men

The windows of the class are opened wide. But closed shut are those of our minds.

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Philosophy2016 · 5 min

Happiness

What is happiness? I have always tried to remember the time when I was truly happy. And I was surprised that I couldn't even think of a single time.

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Philosophy2012–14 · 4 min

The Doors of Perception

The Sun was always the same — it was my tints of view that made it seem that way. On perception, attachment, and cleansing the windows of the mind.

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Spirituality2013 · 4 min

Experiences with Swamiji

Swamiji has a way of answering in a way that the right chords are plucked in the seeker, and the truth strums out from within.

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Spirituality2014 · 5 min

The Spiritual Guru

The Guru is the sheer energy which makes the events of a person's life unfold — present in all things, through all times.

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Philosophy2015 · 5 min

Spirituality in the 21st Century

Can something discovered 6000 years ago still be applicable in the modern day rat race we call life?

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Adventure2015 · 5 min

Yuvaiva Dharmasheelah Syaat

An army of 136 yuvas set forth towards the Dhak cha Bhairi temple — and found something more than a mountain.

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