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If you have never read anything of mine, do not start at the top of the archive. Start with these ten. They are the ones that tell you fastest whether this is your particular brand of nonsense — and between them they cover every subject I write about, so you can find out what you like before you commit to anything long.
Ten articles to begin with
Global Punchlines
Casteism Was Never About Who Was Right. It Was Always About Who Was Strong.
Casteism in India is usually discussed as a battle between communities. But what if we are asking the wrong question? This essay examines caste…
Self-Help & Growth
What Makes a Boy a Man? The Day Nobody Comes to Save Him
Nobody tells you when you've become a man. Sometimes it happens after heartbreak, poverty, rejection or responsibility, when you realise nobody is coming to…
Self-Help & Growth
Why Do People Fear Public Humiliation More Than Death?
A man puts a gun to your head: die, or stand naked at a traffic signal while everyone you know films it. Sounds absurd.…
Comedy Writing
The Two Trillion Dollar Company That Cannot Read
Three words, one capital letter, no comma. It arrived with the tonal confidence of a customs officer. But hypocrisy requires a standard, and Google…
Comedy Writing
Why Gandhi Chose Non-Violence?
Have You Seen the Man? Ask a historian why Gandhi chose non-violence and you will get a serious answer. Probably several. Jain influences from…
Money & Personal Finance
Proven Reasons the Internet Made Everyone Rich, Except You
Opportunity rose. So did the number of people you can watch taking it. The short version It is 11:40 at night. You are in…
Life & Observations
35 Is the New 25: How Adulthood Became Something You Have to Afford
A generation didn’t decide to grow up late. The requirements changed and nobody updated the deadline. The short version Find a photograph of your…
Life & Observations
The Safer Bet: Why a Man Can Want Love, Want Children, and Still Be Terrified of Marriage
Somewhere tonight a man is doing math about the woman he loves — not the romantic kind, the other kind. This is that calculation,…
Extras
The Cult of Being Right
Being right feels like intelligence, but most of the time it is just status wearing a lab coat. The moment your opinions become your identity, every disagreement turns into an attack on you personally, and you stop being able to learn anything from anyone. The way out is not becoming a doormat. It is separating what you think from who you are, so you can drop a bad idea without feeling like you dropped a limb.
Global Punchlines
Why Every Country Thinks It Invented Democracy Correctly
1. The Bar Fight That Never Ends Put five people in a room — an American, a Brit, an Indian, a Swiss, and a…
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