Devansh Gupta

Just wield the pen best and let creativity do the rest!

[Devansh Gupta @devtogup]

Last year, one thing surprised us
Many students said,
“I’ve never shown my writing to anyone before.”

The LyrIQ Poetry League 2026 is now open in collaboration with TOI & YRI.
Ages 11–18.
Early Deadline: June 30, 2026.

Apply now
https://t.co/GQhvFowypr

[Devansh Gupta @devtogup]

#Bookinabreath
Reading a book on neuroscience changed how I saw people and myself.I learned behavior isn’t choice,it’s wiring,history,chemistry.Thoughts arrive b4 permission.Control is limited.Responsibility is complicated.The brain doesn’t excuse actions,it destroys arrogance.

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#Bookinabreath
Reading 'The Brain' unsettled me in a good way where being free feels shakier, identity feels flexible, and certainty feels fake. The big takeaway: understanding how the brain works not only humbles us but forces us to think twice before judging anyone and ourself.

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#Bookinabreath The 48 Laws of Power, Robert Greene.Reading this didn’t just make me want power but notice it.I saw how silence works louder than words, and how morality bends under ambition. I learned one hard thing: power is quiet, constant, and shaping every room you walk into.

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Pain doesn’t ask permission.

It just finds the nerve.

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The worst pill isn’t the one that numbs you.

It’s the one that convinces you you’re smarter than everyone else.

I wrote a poem about it.

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LyrIQ at DPS Faridabad

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#Bookinabreath
W. B. Yeats' poems felt restless and searching. I learned that beauty fades, power corrupts, and time hardens everything but meaning survives in art and belief. If the world keeps breaking, the poet’s job is to name the break honestly.

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#Bookinabreath
Walt Whitman's poems felt like permission to exist loudly. I learned that one self can be vast, contradictory, physical, and still honest. The takeaway is simple and unsettling: your ordinary life is already worthy of poetry.

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#Bookinabreath
Carbon Capture — Howard J. Herzog
Not a climate fantasy. It’s about limits. Carbon capture isn’t a silver bullet—it’s a damage-control tool. Useful, expensive, imperfect. The real takeaway: technology can buy time, but it can’t replace hard choices.

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LyrIQ at St Theresa’s Convent School, Karnal.

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#Bookinabreath
Gita for Children — Roopa Pai
Not a religious lecture. It’s a guide to action without fear. Do your duty, detach from results, and stay steady in chaos. The Gita here isn’t about god—it’s about growing up with clarity.

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#Bookinabreath
The Order of Time — Carlo Rovelli
Not about clocks or calendars. It’s about how time breaks apart under scrutiny. Past, present, future—useful illusions. At the deepest level, reality doesn’t flow. We do.

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#Bookinabreath
The Algebra of Wealth
Not about getting rich fast. It’s about leverage, patience, and math that actually works over time. Wealth isn’t luck or hustle—it’s repeated right decisions, protected from stupidity, and allowed to compound.