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Updated My Blog to Act Like a Feed

It’s been many months since I took myself off from Facebook and Instagram. My mental health and professional life is a lot better since then.

However, I miss posting updates on social media. Especially pics of the food I cook & eat, my cat Squanchy, beautiful Oaxaca, and some personal stuff. And of course, my political and geeky rants.

To combat this urge, I decided to convert this personal blog into a social media type feed. I can post long-form content as usual, with featured images and all the jazz.… » click to continue reading “Updated My Blog to Act Like a Feed”

Annihilation of Caste Review: An Intro to India’s Biggest Bigotry

If you don’t understand caste, you don’t understand India.

It took me a long time to read this book, which is actually an undelivered speech. It took even longer to write this review. Frankly, I didn’t think it would be this long. I started typing it in the Goodreads app, and then it became so long that I had to move it to my laptop. And here we are.

Annihilation of Caste by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar should be a must-read for every Indian and anyone who wants to learn about India.… » click to continue reading “Annihilation of Caste Review: An Intro to India’s Biggest Bigotry”

I’m Off Facebook & Instagram – 1+ Month Now

I’d been struggling with reducing Facebook and Instagram usage for over a year. I tried eliminating just the major distraction, the Facebook Timeline, on my desktop, but it wasn’t enough.

Turns out, when I eliminated Timeline from my desktop, I found myself using Facebook Groups more and more. Some of them are highly engaging (and super specific too), probably the only good thing left on fb, but their distraction potential is the same.

And also, since I hadn’t figured out a way to do the same on my phone, I was using it a lot more to get my social media fix.… » click to continue reading “I’m Off Facebook & Instagram – 1+ Month Now”

There’s More to Happiness than Meets the Eye

Happy pictures on social media don’t translate to happiness in real life.

We only put the best pictures of ourselves in front of the world. The non-happy parts, we hide them, even outside of social media. 

We hide it all, to the best of our abilities, even from our best friends and loved ones.

The anger. The frustration. The feeling of hopelessness, despair, sadness, loneliness. The need to be something more; to do something more. 

The social media bubble may make you feel like something’s wrong with you.… » click to continue reading “There’s More to Happiness than Meets the Eye”

Eradicating Digital Distractions – The Good, The Bad and The 1 Month Update

This is a follow up to my previous post, where I intended to put a stop to all digital distractions and focus more on becoming a creator, rather than just be a consumer. I’d concluded that these distractions were stopping me from reaching my full potential and doing what I want.

It’s almost been a month since then. I have some good news and some bad news. Well, mostly bad news, but the good news seems promising, so read on.… » click to continue reading “Eradicating Digital Distractions – The Good, The Bad and The 1 Month Update”