Writing by Viksit Gaur

November 10, 2013

Perspectives

It’s the beauty of perspective and the state of your mind that governs how you read this Calvin and Hobbes strip. !(https://i0.wp.com/s2.postimg.org/z1rkge115/last_calvin_hobbes.jpg?w=1050) If you have the context that this is the last strip of the…

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September 08, 2013

Subsidizing food isn’t enough, surely?

There are three rungs at which conversations around this bill have surfaced recently. From the perspective of the ruling government, this bill aims to reduce and eventually stamp out the scourge of malnutrition in India, which today is supposedly…

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August 26, 2013

Design on the web

Surely not. Why then is this such a hard ask, and why has no one done it before? Simple design is definitely hard to do. Taking a complex workflow and reducing it to something that feels intuitive is challenging for even the best designers out there…

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July 23, 2013

Modern solitude

Being alone without being lonely is an art – something that everyone strives to learn when they realize how important it is to do well. To figure out how not to get encumbered by the expectations of a society that seems to look down upon people who…

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July 06, 2013

Facebook is making us dumber.

A few years ago when it first started as an invite only service, Facebook had all the allure of any place where all the early adopters and “cool kids” hung out. Cutting edge, social, and a place to connect with your classmates, it was definitely…

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