👋 Hey, I am Samarth. Welcome to my Personal Blog.
< HomeWriting
The Writer's Inbox — April 2023
On Writing — December 2023
The want to write. But why? — Jan 2023
Dating
The Romantic Idiot — July 2023
Thirty and Thriving — February 2024
Personal
Let me sleep as January ends — January 2024
28 Hours in 2023 — January 2024
The question I dread: What are you working on? — September 2023
The Simple Life — September 2023
Turning Thirty — September 2023
I don’t know how to resolve the tension between the desire to enjoy the world, the curiosity to understand it and the rage to change it — February 2021
How I cope when it seems like the world is falling apart — February 2021
I hate instant messaging — Jan 2023
Everyday communication goals — Jan 2023
Work and Career
My advice for young journalists — March 2024
How I approach and manage my freelance journalism career — January 2021
Start building hard skills. Now. — September 2017
Finding purpose in work? — December 2021
Journalism
Fighting the information-bullshit-entertainment complex — January 2023
Thoughts and observations on data journalism in India — January 2021
Journalists refer to themselves as storytellers. Is that a mistake? — January 2021
Why the event-oriented structure of news doesn’t help in understanding how the world works — December 2020
The distinction between information, knowledge and competence — June 2022
Fighting the information-bullshit-entertainment complex — Jan 2023
Why personal essays matter — Jan 2023
Why India does not have a personal essay culture — Jan 2023
Politics and Public Affairs
Turning politics into theatre — February 2021
Seven rules to resist online manipulation — May 2022
Learning
Why I am relearning statistics — June 2021
Health and Fitness
Lessons learnt from my 52-week workout streak — June 2021
Why resistance training matters — April 2022
Why body composition matters — May 2022
Exercise vs training — May 2022