The Balcony
Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Notes
The Engine
Archive
About
Latest
Top
Discussions
The Devil Wears Printed Kurtas
On fashion, identity and being an employee in 2023
Mar 9
•
Nishant Kauntia
7
Share this post
The Devil Wears Printed Kurtas
www.thebalcony.in
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
1
February 2024
How Much I Earn
Money, status and other aftereffects of loneliness
Feb 17
•
Nishant Kauntia
4
Share this post
How Much I Earn
www.thebalcony.in
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
1
January 2024
⚠️ Caution: Men at Rest
I come home from work at 6 and I can't immediately lie down and watch Reels. If I did, that would mean the dishes wouldn't get done and I'd need to…
Jan 6
•
Nishant Kauntia
Share this post
⚠️ Caution: Men at Rest
www.thebalcony.in
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
September 2023
Negotiating with auto-drivers 🛺
I always negotiate with auto-drivers. Once you learn to do it, it's notoriously hard to unlearn. "Sir Qutab Minar chhod do?" "100 lagenge." "Sir 50 me…
Sep 23, 2023
•
Nishant Kauntia
Share this post
Negotiating with auto-drivers 🛺
www.thebalcony.in
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
Broken Communities
Two of my friends had a fight recently. It was the kind of situation where resolution did not seem possible, or at least easily achieved. They tried…
Sep 9, 2023
•
Nishant Kauntia
Share this post
Broken Communities
www.thebalcony.in
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
From my hospital bed 🏥
I've never been a fan of the way that my parents have dealt with medical issues. Anything short of an emergency and they'll wait for it to go away by…
Sep 2, 2023
•
Nishant Kauntia
Share this post
From my hospital bed 🏥
www.thebalcony.in
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
July 2023
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
"Think of life as a painting," I said. I was at a party in Delhi. I'd been asked a question I love answering, 'What was your thesis about?' "When you're…
Jul 15, 2023
•
Nishant Kauntia
Share this post
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
www.thebalcony.in
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
Becoming a Manly Man 💪
💡 If you're new here - hello! I'm Nishant, and this is The Balcony, my weekly newsletter about philosophy and adulting. If someone sent this to you…
Jul 8, 2023
•
Nishant Kauntia
Share this post
Becoming a Manly Man 💪
www.thebalcony.in
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
Now that I'm rich 💰
I spent two weeks recently scrolling through laptop bags: leather bags, faux leather bags, polyester bags, anti-theft bags, bags with trolley straps and…
Jul 1, 2023
•
Nishant Kauntia
Share this post
Now that I'm rich 💰
www.thebalcony.in
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
June 2023
Life Advice From Chaos Theory
I've just finished my first month at my marketing job, and I've been working hard to get a few early wins. As a marketer, that looks like more people…
Jun 17, 2023
•
Nishant Kauntia
Share this post
Life Advice From Chaos Theory
www.thebalcony.in
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
May 2023
How to Comfort a Crier
Over the past few months, things worked out such that my closest friends and I got the chance to live together in Delhi. We packed a lot of life-living…
May 5, 2023
•
Nishant Kauntia
Share this post
How to Comfort a Crier
www.thebalcony.in
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
April 2023
The Trick to Handling Job Rejections
A perspective from recent experience
Apr 22, 2023
•
Nishant Kauntia
4
Share this post
The Trick to Handling Job Rejections
www.thebalcony.in
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
1
Share
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Note
Other
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts