Published in ILLUMINATION·PinnedHere’s One Reason You Can Tip Me On Medium. (I Don’t Need It, But They Do)I have other plans to monetize my content and tipping isn’t one of them. Your love and support are enough. — Yesterday, we celebrated our 75th Independence Day. We hoisted our tricolour flag, paid tribute to our freedom fighters, appreciated the developments we have made, and looked forward to how we can make progress in the coming years. As a nation, India has still got a lot of problems to solve…Tipping4 min readTipping4 min read
Published in theMUSINGS·PinnedSome Things That I Have Learnt From Writing for One Year on the PlatformLearn how to better write and promote your articles. — The fact that I published my first article on July 8, 2021, and it has been one year of writing on this platform, quite slipped my mind. I had planned on writing a casual post on July 8. But damn, I missed my one-year anniversary. Sorry, Medium. But better late…Writing6 min readWriting6 min read
Published in The Writing Cooperative·Nov 19Substack CEO on the Newsletter EconomyShould we not treat it like that in the first place? — Yesterday, I read a terrific newsletter issue by Substack founder, Hamish McKenzie. He calls himself the Chief Writing Officer and rightly so. That’s a great designation that companies never had. He has written a lot of really appealing articles that you all will resonate with. And this one is no…Newsletter3 min readNewsletter3 min read
Published in SERENDIPITY·Nov 9The Most Relaxing and Feel-Good Poem You Will Ever ReadComing straight from The New York Times and 1,300 poets. — The landing page of NYT is filled with all the different news and statistics concerning ongoing elections. I am not very interested in that. But because I have bought its premium subscription, I decided to explore the website and its archives a little. Yes, I still play Wordle everyday. I…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Published in The Orange Journal·Nov 8Why Do You Need To Think Deeply About Simple Things?And 3 easy ways of doing so. — I was watching a YouTube video which talked about why and how we can think deeply about simple things. Saying it blew my mind would definitely be an overstatement. But it was close enough. …Thinking4 min readThinking4 min read
Published in Lessons from History·Nov 7Is History & News Boring and a Waste of Time?Fighting my mind about the stereotypes I have about history. — I am a high schooler and hated the subject of History almost all my school life. Now that it’s not a mandatory subject, my interest in this subject kindled out of nowhere. History is a fascinating subject but is not taught that way, to say the least. I also used…History3 min readHistory3 min read
Published in Practice in Public·Oct 18You Should Build Mental Models Instead of Goals and HabitsThe opportunity cost of setting goals and trying to build habits is unjustifiable when we bring mental models to the scene. — I discarded ‘mental models’ as some other buzzwords on the Internet when I encountered it for the first time. It was only after continuously coming in contact with this word did I grow curious enough to dive deep into this topic. The rest is a journey of the past but…Mindset4 min readMindset4 min read
Published in Writers’ Blokke·Oct 18Text Checkers That Are Worth ItPlus, they’re yours forever! — I went on a Chrome extension install spree recently. I was looking for a good dictionary extension so that I don’t have to do a Google search every time I encounter an unfamiliar word while reading. Thanks to Chrome Web Store for recommending dozens of text checkers and writing assistants…Writing5 min readWriting5 min read
Published in Anyone Can Write Online·Oct 16Why the Doom of Platforms Like Medium May Be an Eternity AwayBased on my experience with platforms like Medium, Quora and Twitter. — Lately, how Medium is changing for good has been the talk of the town. But there is something more exciting. And that is, people like CEO Tony are being biased against a female writer, Jessica Wildfire, and mean to call her “under-informed” and “divisive.” Many people support Jessica by telling…Medium3 min readMedium3 min read
Published in SERENDIPITY·Oct 15What Is It Like to Be a 16-Year-Old Writer on Medium?Good, bad, and the most exciting parts. — Sorry in advance if I break the ultimate rule of writing online: write for the readers. It’s too self-centric to be an article. Consider it a journal entry. “I” appears more than 25 times in this article. Enjoy! Before Medium I started writing on Medium after my WordPress blog became a little…Journaling2 min readJournaling2 min read
