Sugar Words is a decade-in-the-making conversation-style essay.
I borrow the logic of economics, strategy and cause-and-effect to wrestle with faith, love, letting go, ambition and the nonlinear life. Eventually letting metaphor and mischief explain the world.
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What if the Abruptness of Life is a Feature, not a Bug
I have been exploring people who did not have a single trajectory in their careers and lives. People who have zig-zagged their way to reach…reach a place they defined, instead…
Keep readingIs Letting Go a Selfish Act?
Letting go is widely romanticised, so much so that when you are the main character, it almost feels altruistic. There is this notion that letting someone go is going to…
Keep readingYour Belief in Magic Might be the Hurdle
The magic is what exactly? Is it some form of this unknown key to manifestation? Is it the power to concentrate so completely on something that you pull it out…
Keep readingYou Don’t Know the Next Scene Either
What does it mean to be a storyteller of your own life? I do not mean the version where it is over, and you narrate it after the fact. That…
Keep readingMiss Nostalgia is a Liar
I catch myself ruminating at odd hours, sometimes in the middle of the day, staring at the precipitation on my plastic coffee cup, sometimes as I turn in my bed…
Keep readingI said yes and then found out (unromantic edition)
There are years that give, and then there are years that teach.For me, 2025 was the latter. Main lesson: Saying yes does not always mean happiness, but it unveils something…
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Opinion
The Anatomy of Faith: A Case for Rationality
How can you actually be delusional? Does that mean having faith, and if so, what does faith even mean? As someone who is very cause-and-effect oriented, if you’ve had a…
Keep readingCan You Afford to Make Bad Art?
To craft compelling art, you need more than just talent; you need resources. Money, time, and headspace are the trifecta that fuels artistic excellence. Yet, success in the art world…
Keep readingPutting Inconveniences to Rest in the Park
Heading to the park in the morning had become a special routine for me, a gentle way to remind myself of the joy of being around others. As someone who…
Keep readingSurpass the Internal Conflict, Start your Business
Often, we’ve heard that starting something of your own requires capital. Once capital becomes more accessible, the network becomes the prerequisite. With the introduction of various networking tools, success now…
Keep readingAre you Beggar-Thying- Neighbour in your Life?
Beggar-Thy- Neighbour is a widely used economic term. In simple words, it means when a country in order to stabilize or grow its domestic economy ends up harming the neighboring…
Keep readingLiving Life: Regressive and Progressive Aging
I have always seen aging as something that sort of happens and not something that we as people have control over it. More so I think we view aging in…
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