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The Butterfly Was Never Innocent

Welcome. This is the story, of a butterfly, and a writer. I keep starting this story wrong. First Draft A butterfly lands on the narrator’s open notebook during a math class. Delicate wings, perfect timing, destiny symbolism. You know the drill. Second Draft I removed the class entirely. Made it about a butterfly in a museum case - the glass where it couldn’t hurt anyone. Something about distance and observation. Very neat....

January 31, 2026

2025 Reflections & 2026 Plans

2025 Highlights Completed a remote internship. Launched my first freemium Chrome extension. Won a hackathon. Worked on various interesting projects. Got a 9 GPA for the first time (though this is less important to me as of now). Had some good trips with friends. Key Lessons Action is better than waiting for the perfect strategy and perfect time. Execution matters most. 2026 Goals Build strong fundamentals. Do one (minimum) internship. Scale and put more work into the startup....

December 31, 2025

How Aliens would Reason?

To consider how an intelligent species elsewhere in the universe might reason, we must first answer a more fundamental question, the one that sparked this inquiry: Why do we reason the way we do? This question came to my mind on 24 August 2025, at 8:55 PM. The curfew time at my hostel is 9:00 PM, and I saw a security manager shouting at one of the guards. “Why are you just standing there maa…....

August 24, 2025

Stardust

The universe- it shatters the ego in the most brutal way possible. we are, with minds that can dream, imagine, and wonder about what’s out there, even if we can’t physically go. Maybe that’s one of the most beautiful but frustrating things about being human. we have this endless curiosity for the unknown, but our ability to reach it is so limited. trapped by the constraints of reality.

December 23, 2024