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Long-form essays, personal perspectives and writing on psychology, mental health, the self and modern life.Page 4 of 17

37 The Margin5 min read

Fujifilm Instax Mini Review: Beautiful Camera, Terrible Odds

The Fujifilm Instax Mini does something in the first thirty seconds that almost nothing does anymore. It makes you feel something before you have even used it.…

Navneet ShuklaRead article →
38 The Prism5 min read

Before You Post: The Wall Social Media Built in Your Mind

Before you post, something has already decided for you. Will I become what I keep paying attention to? I have been sitting with that question for longer…

Dr. Shalu ChopraRead article →
39 Human Frameworks5 min read

Procrastination Psychology: Why Your Brain Always Delays

You stayed to read this despite having other things to do. That is not weakness. That is procrastination psychology doing exactly what it was built to do.…

Syed HammadRead article →
40 Psychology7 min read

Why Memes Replace Feelings. and Why That Should Worry You

The relationship between memes and feelings seems obvious until you look at it directly. You feel something. Someone else made a meme about something close to it.…

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41 Psychology7 min read

Solomon Shereshevsky: The Man Who Could Not Forget Anything

Solomon Shereshevsky arrived at Alexander Luria's office in Moscow sometime in the 1920s as a journalist who had been sent there by his editor. The editor had…

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42 Psychology6 min read

Why Daylight Saving Time Still Exists, Nobody Voted for It

Daylight saving time Europe has been trying to end itself since 2018. It has not managed it yet. The European Commission asked 4.6 million people a simple…

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43 Purusharth7 min read

Ahamkara: The Ego the Gita Actually Warned You About. It Is Not What You Think

Duryodhana says something in the Mahabharata that most retellings quietly skip. He says: I know what is right. I cannot do it. I know what is wrong.…

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44 Between Lines7 min read

Evening Walks in Victoria Park: What the Light Took with It

There is a version of arriving somewhere that is not really arriving. I know this because evening walks in Victoria Park have a way of correcting you…

Shaniya NazRead article →
45 The Margin6 min read

After Twenty Years by O. Henry: The Promise Both of Them Kept

After Twenty Years by O. Henry is told in less than a thousand words. It contains three scenes, two twists, one note, and four words that do…

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46 Purusharth5 min read

Eklavya’s Thumb: The Story the Mahabharata Never Defends.

Why did Drona ask for Eklavya's thumb? It is one of the most searched questions about the Mahabharata and one of the least honestly answered. The short…

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47 Purusharth5 min read

Why Did No One Help Draupadi When She Asked the Most Logical Question in the Room?

Why did no one help Draupadi? It is a question that has sat unanswered for three thousand years. Not because there is no answer. Because the answer…

Navneet ShuklaRead article →
48 Purusharth7 min read

Duryodhana Real Story: What the Mahabharata Actually Says

The Duryodhana real story is usually told as a simple warning. Greed destroyed him. Pride was his flaw. The Pandavas were righteous and he was not. Villain.…

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