Lazy Write-ups
Thoughts on technology, psychology, philosophy, and everything in between.
2025
Seen and Unseen
The hardest thing about being alive is that people never really know the real you.
Through Change
Sometimes, life feels more like a maze than a journey.
Happy Enough
Are you happy Stephen?
2023
Don't screw up
A playful exchange takes an unexpected turn when appearances prove deceiving.
Beyond the Bubble
Life's essence encapsulated, in bubbles we reside, a shared existence where no one can hide.
Genius is about knowing when to stop.
The importance of knowing when to cease. whether overthinking, overworking, or overindulging.
Eros and Thanatos
Love and death. the two forces that have shaped human existence since the beginning.
Illusion of Separation
Once, in a distant land, nestled between towering mountains and glistening rivers, there stood an ancient forest known as the Forest of Whispers.
Are you faking it?: Imposter Syndrome
Mental health struggles feel isolating, though everyone experiences ups and downs.
50 Points Of Advice From An 80-Year-Old Man
Henry Cavill shared in an interview that a friend sent him a list of life lessons that stuck with him ever since.
Can you control your mind?
The thinking mind functions as a problem-solving machine, which proves both beneficial and potentially problematic.
Taking the case for Love
Love is not a feeling but a practice. exploring love through the lens of Erich Fromm and the great philosophers.
The Losing Game
Love is a losing game, one I wish I never played. exploring thought and love as games we can never truly win.
Morality paradox
Sometimes what's right or wrong depends on the situation and the individual. morality is a tricky puzzle where the answer changes depending on who's solving it.
Spotlight
Have you ever felt like all eyes are on you when you walk into a room? You've experienced the spotlight effect.
Sometimes the walls call to me.
A poetic exploration of internal struggle. the tension between desires and obligations, between what we want and what we're supposed to do.
Stuck Song Syndrome
Why do we choose to listen to the same songs over and over when hundreds of thousands are released each year? The reason may be rooted in science.
2021
Venom in me
An introspective dialogue with the darker, pessimistic aspect of the self. exploring whether to fight it or accept it as part of who we are.
Get into FLOW
Have you ever become so absorbed in a task that you lost track of time and forgot basic needs? This immersive state is what Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi termed Flow State.
Unconscious Society
With every person who becomes conscious, we form a new world built on collaboration, creativity, unity, acceptance, trust, curiosity.
Auto-Pilot
Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.
Idea of love and our Jigsaw!
Are we more in love with the idea of love than the person we are with?
Why Batman can't kill Joker?
The tension between doing what is good and doing what is right mirrors our own ethical dilemmas.
2020
Stories: Real-time Dopamine
The disappearing nature of Stories combined with the simple tap mechanic creates an urgency that drives compulsive engagement.
Amygdala hijack and Samadhana
The amygdala evolved to protect us from threats, but in modern life it often hijacks our rationality in moments that demand patience.
Faith Syndrome
Faith is certainty without evidence -- and when it scales from individuals to groups, it becomes something far more powerful and far more dangerous.
Ubermensch
Either keep thinking and risk alienating yourself from society, or stop thinking and risk alienating yourself from reality.
A Blockchain Server: A thought...
What if every single block in the blockchain had the ability to show its own web page, eliminating the need for web servers entirely?
2017
Mystery in her gaze..!
She kept gazing at the empty verses of her life, at the wordless book of her memory.
The Wait...!
A dark fictional tale exploring the extremes of obsession and waiting.
JUST TO WRITE..!
You said right, I should write. But what should I write?
Illusion!
I've heard those stories before, and they do not end well, or they never end.
He and She.!
She was love. She has innocent and beautiful eyes. She made her own rules.
2016
She was the One...!
How could I tell her that she was the one?
Second Chance..!
She messaged me again, after a long, long time.
The Reply.!
How ironic is it that when you stop thinking, Nature has its way to get you back to the same page again.
Hold the Door!
Hold the door, bellowed Rahul.
A lot can happen over a Pizza..!
Come inside. You said you wanted to marry me even though you haven't even met me. This is the test of your love.
Why we are together?
The fact that we are together. That is all that matters.
meeting..!
And they meet after three long years of knowing.
Erasable Memory..!
He was no one. She was the one who made his memories.
What matters?
Close your eyes, and lie down. Where would you like to go?
Love of Beholder's eye...!!
Meghna never made him realize he is blind and that's all that mattered.
Ice-cream...!!
Hey! Doctor?. A unique case of ice-cream addiction and the unexpected consequences of Pavlov's conditioning.
2015
How about Coffee? Miss Stranger
To the girl who was confused. I saw you today at a crosswords store, searching for a good book.
Problem of Drinking
Why does the drinker drink? Let's give this thought a think.
Reflection of me
Your past reflects the person you have been, it tells me my faults, my deep mistakes of deciding to be, or to be not.