Journals

When we look back on our childhood, most of us feel nostalgic. Why don't we feel similar to that — maybe last month? Do you think it should cost us years before we recognize what is happening today...

Time stills when we find ourselves in times where uncertainty is a lot more than certainty. Here's one such time that still to me https://world.hey.com/saif.shines/time-that-still-64e2c9ba

I stayed about ~ 4 months alone in a single flat in Chennai when the government imposed COVID travel restrictions. It was easy in the beginning until my first 45 days. Most of all, it helped me bec...

A few months ago, I started reading a book — Tools, and Weapons. I don't remember how I started reading this book. Brad Smith, Chief Legal Officer at Microsoft, wrote this book. Curious about our l...

By default, people often as us - What do you want to become when you grow up? Maybe that moment when we were a kid. The teacher comes in and asks us this question. I quickly said something I don't ...

Living hundreds of kilometers away from home is something I've gotten used to within a few months after moving to Chennai. Parents. They don't really get a chance to sit side by side in class to se...

I read that failure is the stepping stone to success before even I know what loss is or what success is. I remember first reading this statement somewhere in a classmate's notebook and then on a wa...

My whole life, I developed this lousy paradigm to become as independent as possible. We feel restrained to do a lot of things from a very young age. • If I need to buy a new bag, I need to ask my p...

Over 2.5 years since I graduated from my college, there are only a few close friends with whom I could keep in touch every week (Despite every little effort I put in). Sometimes conversations with ...

For the first time in my life, my inbox saw 12 recruiters knocking on the door to initiate a conversation offering better pay and job role within the last two weeks. These companies range from SaaS...

As children, we ask genuine questions but I wonder if any child got the answer she needed to hear. It is always the answer that some else wants us to hear. The only answer I've repeatedly heard on ...

For a long time, I have immersed myself in many success quotes that are biased or irrelevant. In different contexts, success is felt in different ways. In the current generation, motivational conte...

3 years earlier, one night something really unfortunate happened. A girl committed suicide. I do not know her personally, not have I seen her. Students all over were discussing this topic. All abou...

For a long time, I have been trying to build great friends. Why? Beyond 25, Friendships don't simply happen as they do before you hit 25. I would share my approach towards building great friends fo...

Call it Trainee, Mentee, Intern. The fact is the learnings that are attractive to you in this phase shape some of the most important perspectives of the career. This is exactly why taking best adva...

Graduation is one of the most memorable moments for anyone. I learned a few things to hand on to whoever is coming next.

I don't remember my age precisely. Over the period of my 20 years, my parents shifted over 6 homes in my hometown. It's the time when we were in our first house. A small house and a table with a PC...

My choice of being DevRel Intern at Freshworks Inc Every morning when I get down of my bed, I seek a tangible reason for a fulfilling day. I never found one after my college days. Day spent is just...

For those who don’t know me, I’m a Student at Sathyabama, Chennai. After working a lot for companies, teams, friends, college, and for myself I decided up to get back to the place from where I star...

It’s always fun to share what we learn from our experiences. There are always people who take it and who don’t for various reasons depending upon the beliefs and values they hold. This article is g...

There is something that I don’t want to remind myself very often. There are some instances those flash in my head and take down my optimism to my knees. I guess that is a by-product of my nature be...

Last year we’ve started off with the objective of bringing the student community closer. I was lucky enough to get such a supportive team and throughout the year we were able to do multiple events....