Introduction
Hello! My name is Purvaja, and I’m so excited to finally launch this blog. I've been meaning to create a space like this for a while — somewhere to collect my writing, share the things I’m curious about, and reflect on the subjects I keep coming back to: literature, law, politics, and sometimes just life. There’s no strict theme here, but that’s part of the idea — this blog will grow with me. You’ll probably find a mix of essays, reviews and commentary. Some posts will be mo
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the rainbow
It was somewhere in a kindergarten classroom, between glue sticks missing their caps and sticky alphabet posters, that I became a writer....
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ekalavya
In 6th grade, I attended school from the corner of my dining room table — like most of my friends — squinting at a screen that froze more...
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the hindu
This summer, I interned at The Hindu — a publication I grew up seeing on our dining table, folded beside my plate each morning, dense...
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the hans india
I wrote my first article for The Hans India when I was 15. It was a piece on cognitive biases, something I had just started reading...
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viper zine
I joined Viper Zine as a writer in 9th grade, wide-eyed and slightly terrified of Google Docs comment threads. Back then, I submitted...
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