This immersive piece compares life in Pune to a chaotic, bug-ridden simulation game—where objectives are unclear, progress resets, and survival depends on persistence rather than power-ups. Through satire and vivid imagery, it critiques the dysfunction of urban infrastructure and the quiet resignation of citizens, ultimately suggesting that while the system may be broken, resilience lies in how we navigate its glitches.

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A bright light shone at the peak of the staircase, like the ramp into a spaceship. Blinded, he could make out silhouettes around him as...

The grass gleamed a bright yellow even as the sun was hidden behind a veil of clouds. The children below stomping away as they moved in...

2025 is here. As we celebrated the year that was, a gentleman in Africa gave me a Meta Wrapped. No, not Spotify or YouTube. It was way...

I am an introvert. And perhaps the only consolation to knowing that I am one was to realise it way early in life. I might have been 8 or...