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Culture How Movies and Novels Can Make You Less of an Asshole

How Movies and Novels Can Make You less of an Asshole

Akash Chinnaiah, July 3, 2023October 17, 2024

Take any “avoid these five things to become a millionaire in your 20s” post on Instagram and you will see the point “wasting time watching movies and TV shows” listed on top. Ask any productivity influencer or hustler why they don’t watch movies, and they will all scream at the top of their…

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See the world more. Write better.

Akash Chinnaiah, April 2, 2025April 2, 2025

Scott Fitzgerald oda novels-uh padichu irundheenga naa ungluku theriyum, avroda works evlo visual ah irukum nu. The Great Gatsby idhuku oru best example. Beach pakathula irukra veetu jannaloram madhayanam adikra kaathu-la epdi window screens asayadhu-ngradha, avru verum vaarthayala mattum sollama, andha scene uh namma kan munnadi kondu vandhu kaatirpaaru. The…

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Life A security staff at your mind's entrance

A Security Staff at Your Mind’s Entrance

Akash Chinnaiah, November 14, 2024November 19, 2024

The purpose of hiring a security staff is to filter the kind of people entering inside a building. For if everyone is let inside, only chaos would ensue. The same is true for our mind. If we allow ourselves to be distracted by every passing thought, there will be no…

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Uncategorized

26 Years, 27 Lessons

Akash Chinnaiah, September 7, 2024October 20, 2024

I turned 26 this July. And it’s funny when I realize how many of the beliefs I carried all the way up until 26 were useless. I mean, so totally, brutally, useless. I—like many say—wish somebody had told me these things earlier. Be it about relationships or business or about…

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Culture

How Generational Baggage and Colonial Mindset Affect India’s Self-Esteem Today

Akash Chinnaiah, July 27, 2024October 20, 2024

If you go to a therapist, they will first ask you to open up about your childhood, past relationships, and other life events. This helps them understand if you have any past traumas or behavioral patterns contributing to your present condition. Without knowing this information, they can’t provide you with…

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Self-improvement

Sometimes, Patience Is All You Need

Akash Chinnaiah, May 14, 2024October 17, 2024

Over a century ago, a British archeologist named Howard Carter began excavations in the unforgiving Egyptian Desert with the hopes of discovering something; something that remained a mystery for many centuries: the 3400-year-old tomb of an ancient king, Tutankhamun. The site Carter chose for this excavation project was the Valley of…

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Culture

Learning Resilience the Japanese way

Akash Chinnaiah, February 20, 2024October 17, 2024

A few months back, I was waiting at the RTO for my Driver’s License when someone sitting next to me struck up a conversation. He told me he was the secretary of a big cosmetic company. And that his work allowed him to travel to many countries. Out of curiosity,…

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Self-improvement

How I Convinced Myself to Workout Consistently

Akash Chinnaiah, January 18, 2024October 17, 2024

I have been lifting weights for more than 9 years now, but consistently only from 2022. Before that, I used to train ecstatically for some three to four months and then completely abandon the gym. Something or the other would happen and I’d go off-track. What appeared to be a…

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Culture Your Present Beliefs Are Your Great Grandmother's

Your Present Beliefs Are Your Great Grandmother’s

Akash Chinnaiah, January 4, 2024October 17, 2024

In 2001, an Australian Tv crew flew to Papua New Guinea to cover the story of an unusual tribe called Korowai.  Korowai was infamous for practising cannabilism. Whenever there was a death in the tribe, they believed it was because of someone’s black magic. So the clan leaders, upon deciding…

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Culture

Why Participation Trophies Should be Banned

Akash Chinnaiah, January 6, 2023October 18, 2024

Participation certificates have been around for well over a century now. For years, nobody complained anything about them. But in the 00s, when Institutions, organisations, and events began to issue more participation certificates, it seemed strange to many. With time, things went even further: giving trophies and medals for participation….

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Life

Why You Should Read a Book Again

Akash Chinnaiah, December 10, 2022April 4, 2025

Table of Contents After completing high school, I thought I should read self-help books to upgrade my life. So I started reading an awful lot of books. Day in, and day out. For the next four years, I consumed books whenever it was possible. This meant reading in the college…

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Culture

How Trying to Achieve at a Very Young Age is Having a Toll on Our Generation (2022)

Akash Chinnaiah, June 2, 2022October 17, 2024

Becoming successful at a young age is a desire almost every human on this planet would have. After all, who would want to enjoy life only in their 50’s and 60’s, after all the fresh youthful days are gone? That, of course, is a valid point there, isn’t it? But,…

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Society

How Robots Will Become Smarter Than Us

Akash Chinnaiah, April 30, 2022July 5, 2023

(“Singularity” refers to a point in future where the capacity of artificial intelligence surpasses the human intelligence) When scientists and tech leaders warn us about Singularity, they don’t mean that AI will multiply in its capacity and strength and overpower our natural intelligence. Sure, AI will become powerful, but do…

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Life

Appreciating the Legacies Left Behind

Akash Chinnaiah, March 7, 2022July 5, 2023

You have probably heard the idiom, “You don’t have to reinvent the wheel,” a number of times. But have you ever taken a moment to think how deep it is? According to Google, the definition of that idiom is to waste time trying to do something that has already been…

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Productivity

How I Managed to Stop Procrastination

Akash Chinnaiah, March 6, 2022October 18, 2024

Procrastination is something most of us struggle with. Oftentimes, we postpone things despite knowing the fact that it would put us in a difficult situation in the future. Yet, with each passing day, procrastination only seems to gain momentum. Hence, leaving us powerless over it. You know that you could…

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