Essays
Writing on AI, slowly.
I write to think, not to publish. Pieces here are cited, dated, and sometimes revised. When I don't know something, I say so.
How I write
Essays here take a while. I open a draft, read around it for a few days, and only then start writing. Sources sit in the margins; the ones that matter make it into the piece.
I try not to write about AI in the abstract. If I can't point at a specific classroom, newsroom, or product, I usually don't have anything worth publishing yet.
Themes I keep returning to
01
AI & everyday work
How AI actually enters a workday — the small tasks it changes, and the ones it quietly makes worse.
02
AI in Indian classrooms
What students and teachers are doing with these tools, and what nobody wants to say out loud yet.
03
The tool question
Why the answer is almost never a new tool. Usually it's a slower question about the workflow.
04
Judgement over hype
The essays I keep writing to talk myself out of the current narrative. Sometimes they hold up.
05
What newsrooms get wrong
How coverage of AI drifts — the vocabulary, the framing, and what a careful edit could still fix.
06
Notes from readers
Questions readers keep sending. When enough of them line up, the answer becomes an essay.
Currently working on
An essay on what "using AI" actually means for a student in a mid-tier college in India — not the metros, not the toppers.
Reporting is halfway through. I'll publish when it's honest, not when it's on time.