In Praise of the Masters of Humour
P.G. Wodehouse and Terry Pratchett are the two finest practitioners of the funny sentence in the English language. If you haven't read either, you're about to have a very good month.
Notebook
Travel stories, observations, and shorter pieces.
The Ergonomics Rabbit Hole
It starts with a sore wrist and ends with strong opinions about lumbar support. A self-aware guide to the ergonomics obsession, with some genuinely useful advice buried in the self-mockery.
The Overnight Train
First Class AC on Indian Railways is a lie told in linen and plywood. But at 10pm, when the train pulls out and the platform slides away, it becomes the most romantic way to travel in India.
What Bollywood Gets Right About Ambition
A light, affectionate take on the recurring Bollywood narrative of the small-town person making it big - and why the emotional core of those stories works even when the execution is absurd.
Notes from a Red-Eye
Observations from overnight flights. The strange intimacy of a plane cabin at 2am. The people, the light, the half-thoughts that only come when you're between time zones.
Eating Alone in Strange Cities
A meditation on solo travel dining. The specific restaurants, the unexpected conversations, the pleasure of having no agenda. Particular cities, particular meals.
The Art of the Follow-Up Email
The follow-up is where most people lose their nerve or lose their manners. A guide to the narrow channel between giving up too soon and becoming a nuisance.
The Art of the First Email
A practical, honest guide to writing cold emails that actually get replies. Real examples, real failures, and the one mindset shift that changes everything.
Hunting Meteorites in the Atacama
A scraped bulletin, a borrowed Scorpio, a flat tyre in the desert, and a space rock that turned out to be four and a half billion years old.
Naked into the Urban Jungle
Armed with Rs. 30 and zero identification, three strangers step out into Mumbai to see how much money they can raise in two hours using nothing but confidence and a made-up backstory.