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Long-form essays, personal perspectives and writing on psychology, mental health, the self and modern life.Page 2 of 17

13 The Margin6 min read

What Living in London Actually Feels Like. Nobody Warned Me.

London arrived in summer and it did not apologise for itself. Everything was alive and loud and slightly too much. The streets felt like they were performing.…

Navneet ShuklaRead article →
14 Slow Meridian5 min read

Dharkot Village Sat Above the Clouds and Below the Noise.

I arrived in Dharkot village on a Thursday afternoon when clouds hung so low they brushed the tin roofs, turning the village into something half-real, half-dream. The…

Mudita ShuklaRead article →
15 Psychology5 min read

For Most Men, the Question Is Never “How Do You Feel?”

It is "how are you doing?" And doing means money. Status. Output. Whether the numbers are moving in the right direction. Men mental health conversations rarely start…

Shaniya NazRead article →
16 Mind Matters4 min read

The Gym Was Not About My Body. It Was the Only Hour That Was Mine.

There is a version of yourself you carry into motherhood. And then there is the version that comes out the other side. They are not the same…

Aparna RRead article →
17 Psychology6 min read

Work Life Balance Is Not Something You Are Bad At.

You finish the day behind. You eat dinner while checking one last thing. You tell yourself you will rest this weekend, and then the weekend arrives and…

Shaniya NazRead article →
18 The Margin5 min read

What Thailand Quietly Teaches You When You Finally Stop Being a Tourist

Everyone you speak to in Thailand seems genuinely delighted to see you. Cheerful. Warm. Excited. The smile arrives before the conversation does. It took me longer than…

Navneet ShuklaRead article →
19 The Prism5 min read

Are You Outsourcing Your Thinking? Here Is What You Lose When You Do.

There is a question worth sitting with before the next time you open an AI tool. Is this helping me think, or is it thinking instead of…

Dr. Shalu ChopraRead article →
20 Purusharth5 min read

Ashwatthama Curse: The Wound That Never Closes.

The Ashwatthama curse is not a punishment for what he did. It is a punishment for what he became. After the war ends, after the sleeping children…

Navneet ShuklaRead article →
21 Psychology5 min read

ChatGPT as Therapist Is What’s Wrong with Ethics Right Now.

The phrase is deceptive empathy. It is not from a novel. It is a formal category of ethical violation, assigned by licensed clinical psychologists, in a peer-reviewed…

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22 Psychology4 min read

Your Brain May Be Running Low on Something.

Not serotonin. Not dopamine. Something much less discussed, and possibly more important to choline and anxiety than anyone knew until recently. A meta-analysis published in Molecular Psychiatry…

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23 Psychology4 min read

Artificial Neurons Brain Cells Can Now Communicate.

The question was whether artificial neurons brain cells would actually accept could ever be answered outside of theory. In April 2026, it was. Engineers at Northwestern University…

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24 The Margin8 min read

Thailand Travel Tips That Nobody Writes About but Everyone Needs

Thailand travel tips that actually matter are not the ones in the guidebooks. Not the ATM fees. Not the fruit boxes. Not the Grab bike at midnight…

Navneet ShuklaRead article →
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