Niranjan Pathak
How Youth Romanticizes Being Broken
Somewhere along the way, an entire generation decided that being okay was the suspicious answer, and being wrecked…
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- How Youth Romanticizes Being Broken
- We File It Under Character: Why the World Keeps Misreading Male Suicide
- Indian Parenting Builds Great Employees and Terrible Adults
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- The Cockroach, The Country, and The Cult of “Think Like Me”
- Why Discussing Politics in India Makes You Look Stupid, Part 2: The Sequel Nobody Asked For But Everybody Needed
Niranjan Pathak
We File It Under Character: Why the World Keeps Misreading Male Suicide
Men die by suicide two to five times more often than women in almost every country on earth.…
Niranjan Pathak
How to Start Stand-Up Comedy With Zero Experience (And Still Keep Your Dignity, Mostly)
By Niranjan Pathak Part-time human, full-time laughter victim. Before We Begin, A Warning This is going to be…
Niranjan Pathak
Nobody Warns You What Irregular Income Does To Your Brain
There is a specific ritual freelancers perform that salaried people have never once done in their entire lives,…
Niranjan Pathak
Indian Parenting Builds Great Employees and Terrible Adults
I need to say something before you keep reading, because if I don’t, some uncle in your family…
Niranjan Pathak
The Cockroach, The Country, and The Cult of “Think Like Me”
I've watched the CJP protest from Day One. Sometimes the left is right, sometimes the right is right,…
Niranjan Pathak
Why Discussing Politics in India Makes You Look Stupid, Part 2: The Sequel Nobody Asked For But Everybody Needed
The cockroach was funny. The Chief Justice was a legitimate villain. The anger was real. And someone very…
Niranjan Pathak
Why Discussing Politics in India Makes You Look Stupid (Part I)
I spent weeks pretending to be a BJP supporter in front of Congress supporters and a Congress supporter…
Niranjan Pathak
Why Your 20s Are Confusing as Shit and How To Deal With Them
This article is basically a middle finger to the lie that your 20s are supposed to be magical,…
Niranjan Pathak
Why Do I Hate Stupid People?
Why do stupid people frustrate us so much? Is stupidity really about low intelligence, or is it something…
Rudraa Joshi
The Courage to Stay Pink ✦ Stay Pink ✦
The world has a strange way of rewarding people who turn grey. Grey is practical. Grey is guarded.…
Niranjan Pathak
Stop Comparing Yourself Before You Become a Full-Time Dumbfuck: The Real Guide to Escaping the Comparison Trap
Your brain doesn’t want you to be happy; it just wants you to be safe. And its favorite…
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Aug 7 How Youth Romanticizes Being Broken Aug 4 We File It Under Character: Why the World Keeps Misreading Male Suicide Aug 3 How to Start Stand-Up Comedy With Zero Experience (And Still Keep Your Dignity, Mostly) Aug 1 Nobody Warns You What Irregular Income Does To Your Brain Jul 31 Indian Parenting Builds Great Employees and Terrible Adults Jul 23 The Cockroach, The Country, and The Cult of “Think Like Me” Jun 22 Why Discussing Politics in India Makes You Look Stupid, Part 2: The Sequel Nobody Asked For But Everybody Needed Jun 10 Why Discussing Politics in India Makes You Look Stupid (Part I) Jun 4 Why Your 20s Are Confusing as Shit and How To Deal With Them Jun 1 Why Do I Hate Stupid People? May 29 The Courage to Stay Pink ✦ Stay Pink ✦ May 28 Stop Comparing Yourself Before You Become a Full-Time Dumbfuck: The Real Guide to Escaping the Comparison Trap May 18 How To Stop Caring About People Who Don’t Care About YouFollow along
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