est. 2020 — a personal blog
Predicting
the Rational
Musings of a grad student interested in behavioral econ — learning to master what the field excels at, before trying to predict the irrational.
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Travelling with a Brush
Guest Post: This is a post by Mansi Sood, a grad student at CMU and an avid painter. Please check out more of her stuff here. Two years ago, while writing my grad school applications, I realized how profoundly a passion for painting has shaped me as a person and informed my choices. As I moved…
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Journey to Japan
I went to Japan with my sister nearly an year ago. It was a 15 day trip and we left in the first week of June. The 15 days spanned the tropical island paradise of Okinawa, quaint towns and villages in the Hida mountains, the mega-city thrills of Tokyo and a bunch of other places…
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Bonding Over Radio
Yesterday’s weather was uncharacteristically pleasant for the month of May in Delhi. I was lying in my room after dinner and listening to Ruskin Bond narrate his “The Eyes Have it” on the radio. I had switched off the lights in my room. I had my window open because it had been a rainy day…
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Uncertain Thoughts On Uncertainty
I don’t know if we are living in the best of times or the worst of times. It’s likely worse for most people compared to what they were living in a few months back. At the same time, it’s definitely the best of times for Jeff Bezos who saw his fortune increase by 40% in…
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Death and the Pigeon
Death and the Penguin is a Russian novel set in 90s Ukraine by Andrey Kurkov. It is a dark, satirical, and strangely surreal look at the adventures of a down on his luck every-man, living in Kyiv, with his pet penguin. The bond shared by the man and his penguin is deeply emotional and has…