just wrapped my first week interning at an ai startup in bangalore.
over lunch, a colleague asked if i was liking it here.
honestly? it felt like home stupidly fast.
mumbai and bangalore are both packed with extremely hungry ambitious people who refuse to stay small.
same fire. same chaotic pace. same intensity.
everywhere you look, someone’s running their own solo thing on the side. building products, shipping fast, stacking leverage.
mumbai taught me raw ambition. bangalore is teaching me leverage.
what’s your city teaching you right now?
the first half of 2026 has just been my life constantly dismantling in all aspects possible.
almost everything i thought i wanted, i don't anymore.
it takes a lot but trust me, it's completely fine to rebuild your entire life and identity over again when necessary.
here's to the second half, only up and onwards 🤍
i am absolutely in awe and in love with claude design. i rebranded my entire substack exactly how i envisioned it in less than an hour. it's magical. it's empowering. i could never design that on my own.
solo operators are so on.
bangalore is peak conversation-bait. everytime i go anywhere, there's a table to my side discussing/pitching things that interest me way too much to sit still.
like damn i wanna talk to you about this so bad 😭
i keep noticing how empathy seems to be the no. 1 common denominator in all corporate trainings/certifications.
mbb, big tech, big 4. all stress on empathy & understanding in workplaces. that’s exactly what’s missing in our schooling and college education. grown ass adults need to be taught things they should’ve been practising since childhood. CO-EXISTING WITH OTHER HUMANS IN PEACE.
not being in touch w your emotions is insane & the never-ending ai slop doesn’t make it any better.
i think this a big gap in the market. corporate BEHAVIOURAL training.
as a kid i used to be so surprised at why my parents didn't have much excitement eating out. how could anyone get sick of yummy restaurant food?
as a 19 year old in a new city for the first time, i get it. im homesick maa, i want ghar ka khaana.