Writing

“Cold when it’s critical Cool but cynical Maxed out, never minimal That’s how we function Welcome to London” — Charlie Sparks

I just realized, I never published Pranays wedding toast here! So here it is…

What’s the most beautiful thing in the world? — “Retrospect”, usually comes far too fucking late!

Food, cooking & some related thoughts. Raving included…

Keeping up with the tradition of penning my year-end summary in the Khoya Paaya report, I did the very same in Jan 2026. Publishing it for…

Coffee & its appreciation is not only a part of my identity but also how i define my relationship with a city. I genuinely believe that a…

Nuremberg is a historic town. For the uninitiated, it is a town in Germany that was primarily infamous and famous for the same reason. It…

2 of my best friends, Parikshit & Ritu got married on 22nd Nov 2025. I had prepared a toast for the occasion, just in case time permitted…

I never really considered ACs (air conditioners) conducive to creativity. They make me sluggish and uninspired. So does food. I work…

Normally I do not post something on medium without writing it down on a notebook first. However as with most things in my life, unless I…

What I like about math — is the certainty of logic. For better or worse, mathematics is an idealists dream. A world with law and order…

Hey, man — What’s wrong again? Why so often? I don’t know why I slip again. Why I fall through cracks I carved. Why I can’t just make…

My friend Varun has experienced extremely pointed moments of growth. One such occasion was 4th April 2023, when Varun took charge of…

Summary and reflections of 2024

Hi y’all,

Friends,

Wrote this poem when I was 19

Parents!, Society!, and the previous generation! Are we the YOUTH at a grudge match with them all the time? It’s almost as if genetics…

I was 19 when I wrote this. I am super-pretentious still, imagine what I was back then.

Please read the chapters in order starting from Drowning — Chapter 0

Please read the chapters in order starting from Drowning — Chapter 0

Please read the chapters in order starting from Drowning — Chapter 0

Please read the chapters in order starting from Drowning — Chapter 0

Please read the chapters in order starting from Drowning — Chapter 0

I wanted to point out that I finished reading Bourdain's 2 classics — “A cooks tour in the search of the perfect meal” and “Kitchen…

Fuckfaces,

A small poem I wrote — addiction is real!

I helped my mom write this eulogy for my materbal grandpa(nana).

An intimate mail I wrote detailing my difficulty sleeping after my grandmother's demise.

I nearly drowned in April 2023 at Morjim, North Goa. Here’s my slightly caramelized account of the whole experience. I have separated it…

Please read the chapters in order starting from Drowning — Chapter 0

I quit some job some time back. Needless to say, I was running away from a situation that had developed for 3–4 months. It was a…

This was a creative writing write-up that I wrote for a competition. The word limit was 1500 and I exceeded it by 150 words I think. The…

I was trying to make a case for mango being the most romantic fruit of all time.

A long while ago,

There were once 2 pints!

House 13- Silvers Road, West End, London, Dear Andrew Peters, Did you know that Peter was one of the apostles? I so dearly hope that you…