Nishant Kauntia

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 jaate the, aap toh 100 hi pahucha diye." "Arrey bhai... chalo 80 de dena." "Chalo 70 de denge." "Chalo." This is my daily existence.

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 talking it out; that only made it worse. Some time has gone by, and things have not gotten better. I've been trying to

From my hospital bed 🏥

Reflections on healthcare, power, and science

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Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

How adulting made me a 'day' person

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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, you can sign up here. If you had told 19-year-old Nishant that in a few years, he'd be at the gym strength training and

Now that I'm rich 💰

Feelings about falling into the consumerism

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Life Advice From Chaos Theory

In an outcome-oriented world, be a process person

How to Comfort a Crier

Being there for people when they're grieving

The Trick to Handling Job Rejections

Imagine a salesman who comes up to you and says, “Sir top quality doormats sir, two for 100 only.” Imagine you walk by, taking a quick glance at the mats but largely ignoring him. He follows you for a few more seconds, hoping you'll change your mind. You don't. He