01. The best ideas are simple and human.

02. I’m 103% addicted to technology and engineering. Yes, I measured.

03. I used to have debilitating OCD. That chapter’s closed now.

04. Career evolution: cricketer → actor (villain arc, obviously) → astronomer → social psychologist → engineer → and now, aspiring journalist and minimalist.

05. Psychology and philosophy are my rabbit holes. I absorb the latest studies like a bone-dry sponge and weave them into everything I write.

06. According to friends and family, I over-explain things and listen to weird music.

07. “Too much” is relative.

08. I genuinely can’t remember the last time I was bored.

09. Fitness, food, sleep, tennis, sports — I’m addicted to all of it.

10. Musically: indie pop, selective Bollywood, anything rock (classic, progressive, alt, indie), and piano. Die-hard fan of The Local Train, The Beatles, The Lumineers, Metallica, Led Zeppelin, and Mohit Chauhan.

11. Federer over Nadal. Messi over everyone — though Ronaldo makes it difficult. And Sachin sabka baap hai.

12. Glory Glory Man United.

13. Dan Brown, Stan Lee, J.K. Rowling, and anything involving fringe science or unexplained events.

14. Favourite words: empathy, compassion, and “Ne dis jamais je t’aime.”

15. Not a voracious reader, but I’ve read enough to call out sloppy writing.

16. 17 out of 29 Indian states. 12 countries and counting. I like exploring places more than checking them off a list.

17. I subscribe to magazines and OTT platforms. Dating apps? Not anymore.