Writing & Media
I write about policy, culture, and the systems that shape our lives. I occasionally make videos too.
From Barter to Hashgraph: What a Policy Guy Learned about Frontier Tech
2025
Reflections from a policy practitioner on distributed ledger technology and what India's regulatory stance should be.
This Unstoppable Force Entrepreneurs Need to Leverage Now More Than Ever
August 2020
On the power of community and networks for entrepreneurship, especially in challenging times.
Medium
Has Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan Delivered?
August 2025
Need for a New Water Policy Framework for Maharashtra. Evaluating a state water conservation scheme and proposing alternatives.
Why Do We Feel So Tired All the Time? Blame Neoliberalism
February 2024 · 52 claps
It's a 'psychopolitical' phenomenon. Drawing on philosopher Byung-Chul Han to argue that modern exhaustion is a systemic symptom, not an individual failing.
Doodle Your Way Out
May 2021 · 101 claps
We all need more honest self-expression in our lives. On creative expression as therapy, using Taare Zameen Par and Chuck Palahniuk as framing devices.
How Corona-chan and the Invisible Hand Divided the Boomers?
April 2020 · 184 claps
Satirical analysis using internet meme archetypes to critique pandemic responses across generations. Most popular piece.
Videos
How is the Rising Temperature Affecting Malad?
Analysis of land-surface temperature spikes in Mumbai's P/North ward
What G20 can do for Antimicrobial Resistance?
Based on research published in IPPR
How to solve Maharashtra's Modi Script Problem?
Policy recommendations for script preservation