Reflecting on my diary on the last day of 2025, I came across the first page listing my way of life for this year. I think I had captured some written words that resonated with my thoughts from some blog. I want to walk more alone, with my thoughts or with someone who matters. I… Read More Review of 2025
What a beautiful book—or rather, how beautifully it is written! I must confess, I’ve fallen in love with Leo Tolstoy and would love to date him—not in the modern sense, but just to sit, talk, and listen to him endlessly. The plot is simple: a young girl, Masha, falls in love with an older man,… Read More Transient Love, Lasting Words : Reflections on Family Happiness
So many of my friends had recommended this book. It had always been on my to-read list, lingering there for years. Recently, another friend mentioned it again, and while browsing a bookstore, I finally picked it up. I finished it in less than seven days. That doesn’t prove I’m a fast reader—it simply shows how… Read More A Thousand Splendid Suns: A Story of Resilience and Hope
Today, I joined a silent protest in Pune in support of the Delhi strays and against the recent Supreme Court order. This was going to be the first time I’d be part of a protest.I was excited… and nervous. Excited by the thought of so many people coming together for a common cause — something… Read More Why I Marched for the Dogs
I recently read Dear Ijeawele: A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie—a short yet powerful book that makes for an excellent conversation starter with friends and family. It offers thought-provoking suggestions that invite deep reflection. The book is essentially compiled out of a collection of letters the author wrote to a friend,… Read More A Feminist Parent’s Guide: Lessons from Dear Ijeawele
I’ve been exploring a bunch of AI tools over the past few months and had put together some notes just to make sense of things for myself. I wasn’t planning to share them—especially not six months later—but a friend happened to ask me about them today, and I figured… why not? Maybe someone else will… Read More The AI Research Toolkit
No Longer Human It’s the story of Oba Yozo, a man who feels deeply disconnected from the world around him—drifting through life with a constant sense of being a misfit. He reflects relentlessly on humanity and his inability to understand people. The book is structured as Yozo’s personal notebooks, divided into three parts. Notebook One:This… Read More Stranger to the World: My Reflections on No Longer Human
It seems the hangover of excitement and joy still hasn’t faded, even a week after the board game convention. On this gloomy afternoon (thanks to the brooding clouds), I found myself doing what I love most—daydreaming about board games and scheming how to infect others with this joy. Of course, there’s a not-so-secret selfish motive… Read More After the Convention: A Gamer’s Reflection and Roadmap
After a continuous chit-chat session with my friend through Friday day and night, I reached the venue of the board game convention the next day around 11 AM. The moment I entered, I was awed by a sea of gamers—cramped together, intensely focused on their games—with beautifully crafted tabletop games laid out on the tables,… Read More Board Game Convention Diaries: People, Play, and Possibility
Games, for me, symbolize curiosity, art, action, and excitement. Before COVID happened, I was into quick, easy, fun party games. One of my brothers, who is a game designer (video game designer, to be specific), introduced me to board games. Around the same time, I attended a board game night at ThoughtWorks and finally played… Read More How a Pandemic Sparked My Love Affair with Board Games
Urvi goes experimenting 