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Art & Creativity

Featured

January 12, 2022

How to Live Inside an Underwater Air-Bubble

January 12, 2022

March 28, 2017

How to Understand Art - A Mark Rothko Case Study

March 28, 2017

January 2, 2017

Searching for The Sublime in Mundane - Notes from The Book of Tea

January 2, 2017

March 15, 2015

The Catharsis of Creation

March 15, 2015

January 7, 2015

The Art of Showing Your Creativity - Advice by Austin Kleon

January 7, 2015

November 15, 2014

Lull

November 15, 2014

May 30, 2014

Inspiration and Getting Things Done

May 30, 2014

March 2, 2014

First drafts are always crappy

March 2, 2014

February 22, 2014

Fear of imperfection

February 22, 2014

August 15, 2012

What separates great music from genius

August 15, 2012

Better Living

Featured

February 24, 2022

Building a Meditation Habit - Atomic Habits Style

February 24, 2022

February 10, 2022

First Of The Day

February 10, 2022

April 16, 2017

Notes from Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

April 16, 2017

September 6, 2016

The Priming Effect and Making The World A Better Place

September 6, 2016

August 26, 2016

Ego Depletion and Why Having a Job You Like Matters

August 26, 2016

August 19, 2016

The Why and How of a Daily Meditation Habit

August 19, 2016

May 20, 2016

Living One Perfect Day a Week

May 20, 2016

April 18, 2016

Start With Art

April 18, 2016

December 11, 2014

10 Steps Guide to Mindful Online Reading

December 11, 2014

December 7, 2014

Simplifying everyday living

December 7, 2014

March 21, 2014

Simplifying Reading Habits

March 21, 2014

Life Choices

Featured

February 1, 2017

I Relocated to Goa - Why, How and Status Report of The First 3 Months

February 1, 2017

July 9, 2015

How to Live Life

July 9, 2015

Suppose you have two choices. Two concepts, either of which you can mould your life after: Greatness or Happiness. Which one would you choose?

July 9, 2015

June 23, 2013

What makes us a pirate

June 23, 2013

Books

Featured

December 25, 2024

Best Book I Read in 2024

December 25, 2024

December 27, 2023

Best Books I Read in 2023

December 27, 2023

December 30, 2022

Best Books I Read in 2022 & Getting Better at Reading

December 30, 2022

December 10, 2021

Best Books I Read in 2021

December 10, 2021

January 13, 2021

Best Books I Read in 2020

January 13, 2021

February 5, 2020

Best Books I Read in 2019

February 5, 2020

January 10, 2019

Best Books I Read in 2018

January 10, 2019

January 4, 2018

Best Books I Read in 2017

January 4, 2018

December 16, 2016

Best Books I Read in 2016

December 16, 2016

January 16, 2016

Notes from Elon Musk's Biography

January 16, 2016

December 18, 2015

Best Books I Read in 2015

December 18, 2015

December 27, 2014

Best Books I read in 2014

December 27, 2014

October 22, 2014

The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac | Book Review

October 22, 2014

January 31, 2014

BookReview - Siddhartha | Hermann Hesse

January 31, 2014

January 27, 2014

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle | Haiku

January 27, 2014

December 29, 2013

Best books I read this year

December 29, 2013

Mindset

Featured

June 6, 2016

A Romantic's Guide to Finding Focus

June 6, 2016

July 22, 2015

After-Office Productivity Hacks

July 22, 2015

Notes from How to Live on 24 Hours a Day by Arnold Bennett

July 22, 2015

January 1, 2015

The One Skill to stick to your Resolutions

January 1, 2015

December 25, 2014

Mindfulness - An Introduction

December 25, 2014

April 1, 2014

Doing is a state of being

April 1, 2014

February 25, 2014

Drive

February 25, 2014

Self-Improvement

Featured

March 24, 2022

How To Be Bored

March 24, 2022

March 30, 2016

The Curious Case of Receding Interest

March 30, 2016

On why we lose interest in the things we love. And what to do about it.

March 30, 2016

January 24, 2016

How to Have More Fun at Fun

January 24, 2016

December 4, 2014

The Problem of Plenty

December 4, 2014

August 4, 2014

How to cure boredom

August 4, 2014

July 8, 2014

2 Weeks Sprint

July 8, 2014

April 12, 2014

A Primer On Minimalism

April 12, 2014

December 26, 2013

Simplifying decision making

December 26, 2013

March 12, 2013

6 Productivity Hacks that work for me

March 12, 2013

Stories

Featured

March 1, 2016

Two Brothers and A Cat

March 1, 2016

June 6, 2015

The Night's Beat

June 6, 2015

Went to a nice party. Wrote a short poem.

June 6, 2015

January 22, 2015

Two Cappuccinos, Some Cigarettes

January 22, 2015

December 20, 2014

Jack's complete lack of orientation

December 20, 2014

February 22, 2014

Illusions | Haiku

February 22, 2014

February 16, 2014

Aliens

February 16, 2014

January 27, 2014

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle | Haiku

January 27, 2014

On the origin of language

January 27, 2014

December 21, 2013

Norwegian Wood | Haiku

December 21, 2013

December 19, 2013

Conspiracies of Life #37

December 19, 2013

December 16, 2013

Kafka on the Shore | Haiku

December 16, 2013

July 1, 2013

Pale Blue Dot

July 1, 2013

My Life

Featured

December 17, 2025

Fatherhood, In Three Timelines

December 17, 2025

May 6, 2022

Living Carelessly In Goa - The Story of Aai

May 6, 2022

June 24, 2016

Bhutan & The Art of Chilling - Stories from The World's Happiest Country

June 24, 2016

June 15, 2016

Economics of a Self-Published Pay What You Want eBook - A Philosophical Study

June 15, 2016

November 3, 2015

An Elaborate Guide to Spiti Valley - Part 3

November 3, 2015

October 18, 2015

An Elaborate Guide To Spiti Valley - Part 2

October 18, 2015

October 5, 2015

An Elaborate Guide To Spiti Valley - Part 1

October 5, 2015

March 29, 2015

Restart - Lessons from one startup for another

March 29, 2015

February 8, 2015

Jodhpur Riff Music Festival

February 8, 2015

January 10, 2015

Announcing Pre-Order of my First Book

January 10, 2015

Restart - Lessons from one startup for another

January 10, 2015

November 23, 2014

Hampi

November 23, 2014

October 17, 2014

Auroville

October 17, 2014

August 3, 2014

Unstructured Life - Day 1

August 3, 2014

July 28, 2014

Smartman

July 28, 2014

January 20, 2014

What I see with my left eye

January 20, 2014

September 13, 2013

Kasol

September 13, 2013

August 22, 2013

Jaipur

August 22, 2013

August 24, 2012

Bidding adieu to Mumbai

August 24, 2012

August 4, 2012

Why I quit my job at JPMorgan Chase

August 4, 2012

July 15, 2012

Lessons from Leaders

July 15, 2012

Poker

Featured

March 12, 2026

10 Years A Poker Player - A Retrospective

March 12, 2026

What it means to be a professional poker player in India. A look back at my journey. The freedom, the loneliness, the discipline, and shedding a lifetime of impostor syndrome.

March 12, 2026

October 14, 2023

Anatomy Of A Bluff

October 14, 2023

Boom! Boom! Boom!

I empty the clip. A triple barrel bluff. The villain is tanking. My heart is leaping out of my mouth. It's for a lot of money. A month's salary for me at one point in my pre-poker career.

October 14, 2023