Month: May 2026

My first introduction to reels was not Instagram. It was not cinema theory.It was not anthropology.It was not some TED Talk on the attention economy. It was a cassette. And most probably, the song was either “College Ki Ladki” or “Jumma Chumma De De.” There was a time when listening to a favourite song required commitment. You did… Continue reading Anthropology of Reels-From “College Ki Ladki” to Content Creators

Prologue: Part 1 Before crypto, before mutual funds, before people started saying “asset allocation” on YouTube, we had our own investment class in S-Type, Adityapur. The “City bus tickets”. Small, rectangular, coloured paper. Worth almost nothing to adults. Worth everything to us. A grown-up would finish the bus ride, crush the ticket, and throw it… Continue reading MY OG Investment: City Bus Tickets

Recap: Chapter 1 , Part 1 Chapter 1, Part 2: ATKT When I finally reached Pune, I was not a student. I was not even close to being a student, with just passing marks in all subjects. I was a 19-year-old boy from Jamshedpur carrying a suitcase, a mark sheet, a ₹5,000 banker’s cheque, and… Continue reading ATKT: Allow To Keep Trying

People born in the 70s have quietly lived one of the most dramatic migration stories in human history. No boats.No visas.No immigration queues. Yet somehow… we have migrated countries every 8–10 years. If these technologies were actual nations, our passports would look like those of international smugglers. We have migrated from: Analogistanto Digital Pradesh Then… Continue reading Forever Nomads: The 70s Kid- From Digital Migrants to AI Refugees