Leave the distracted masses. Join the focused few. — I finally got my hands on a book that came highly recommended from multiple sources — and I devoured it like a starving woman feasting on her first meal. Here’s my take on it: Deep Work by Cal Newport isn’t for everyone. There, I said it. It’s a book that…

I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. - Albert Einstein I hope you and your loved ones are doing okay. These are difficult times — for some more than others — and from the outset, nothing much will change over the next couple of weeks. …

A Simple Solution to Tackling 3 Pressing Social Issues What if I told you that there’s a cow in a remote school in Kenya, milking electricity as an incentive for parents to send their children to school? It may sound like a scene out of a sci-fi movie. Only, the cow isn’t a real cow. YOLK Station is a…

From One College Kid to Another 90 percent of startups never see the light of day. To put it into perspective, only 1 in 10 startups succeed. One misstep and you could be off the game. It may sound bizarre but that’s the risk you should be willing to take. As a business student trying to…

Part (i) Governments in the world may have signed the Paris climate agreement and pledged to limit global warming to 1.5°C, but the grades in their climate report cards are distressing to say the least. However, there’s good news coming in from the private sector. With six in every 10 Americans believing…

I Would Wish I didn’t I will be turning 100 in 2096. That’s 77 years from now. In 2096, our planet would still be a sphere, as blue as ever. But everything on it would have changed. …

Indian Pollution Problem Goes Beyond Borders I remember learning about Ganga Yamuna, the longest tributary in India. History wasn’t my favorite class, but for some reason, the strategic and cultural importance of Yamuna had stuck with me over the years. But little was I prepared to learn the current state of the river that was once…

And Global Penalties We all know that the Paris Climate Agreement is soon becoming one of the biggest failures of our time. None of the big polluters, despite their pledges and PR campaigns, are on track to keep global temperatures rising 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. Crossing this threshold also means there’s no going…

You Already Are We exist in a body that cannot quite see itself. Except for a few occasional mirror reflections and selfies, we don’t really know how we look throughout the day. Yet we spend an inordinate amount of time on our looks, trying to please everyone else, through a body we cannot…