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At 15, I represented Pakistan at a school Model United Nations conference. The agenda was whether religious education should be banned. I had to understand and defend a...
28 October 202614 min readessayPersonal Philosophy
I collected and studied 2,000+ startup ideas so you don’t have to
27 October 20269 min readessayEntrepreneurship
Soo, I recently watched Varun Mayya's Build What Moves India video, where ten finalists pitched ways to make public services easier to use. It was well organised, well produced...
14 October 202611 min readessayTechnology & AI
So I wanted to start writing again. And no, none of that performative bullshit that I write on LinkedIn. Actual thoughts and feelings. On cold, hard paper (Notion), using my...
14 September 20265 min readessayBusiness & PleasurePersonal Philosophy
Friday was a moment of full circle for me. 11 years after I walked out of the red brick building of Amity International School, Pushp Vihar, I walked back in. A lot had changed, a...
16 August 20262 min readLife & Belonging
"Why do I need therapy? I'm not going through anything that serious." That's what I said in 2020. COVID was just starting, I had this strong need to talk to someone, and when I...
31 July 20262 min readMental Health
The textures of Product Management have changed, the role remains the same Lately, I've been having a LOT of fun getting back into building. I built a 55 page digital product, end...
12 July 20262 min readTechnology & AIProduct Management
Announcing our new digital home at Emoneeds 🏡 When someone starts struggling with their mental health, the first thing most of us do is open our phone at 1am and start searching...
29 June 20262 min readupdateEmoneedsEntrepreneurship
If you're a founder, find your version of the reception desk. Every week, I sit at Emoneeds clinic's reception desk. Sometimes for an hour, sometimes the whole day. On these days...
29 June 20262 min readEntrepreneurship
I've been on stage plenty of times. Pitches, demos, panels, classrooms. But last month, at the Ichelon Consulting Services Pvt. Ltd. AI in Healthcare conference It was the first...
11 May 20262 min readEntrepreneurship
"Want to do a quick stress check?" The question as asked at our booth at the FICCI Indian Pharma Conference. And, it turned out to be one of the most popular booths on the floor...
20 April 20262 min readreflectionMental Health
🎤 Mental Health in the Wild 🎤 "The day you have to work for money, that's a day wasted. The day you spend time with friends and family is the productive day." Samay Raina said...
14 April 20262 min readMental HealthTherapy in the Wild
ok hear me out, you can literally just do things ✨ i love going for live music stuff, concerts, music festivals, experiences. i collect these experiences like they're pokemon good...
9 April 20262 min readLife & Belonging
At a Rozgar Mela (local job fair) in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, a young man walked up to our stall, looked at the banner, and asked if we were hiring. We said no. We're offering free...
9 April 20262 min readEntrepreneurship
💙 Mental Health in the Pop Culture 💙 Pixar gave anxiety a face, a voice, and a panic room. And somehow, a kids' movie became one of the most accurate depictions of what happens...
15 March 20262 min readMental HealthTherapy in the Wild
🎬 Mental Health in the Wild 🎬 Adolescence swept the Emmys last year. And it deserved every single one. For those who haven't seen it: it's a 4 episode Netflix miniseries, each...
9 March 20262 min readMental HealthTherapy in the Wild
We haven't had a UI/UX designer at Emoneeds for over a year now. But we just shipped some of our best designed products. When I moved back and started building out our tech...
8 March 20262 min readTechnology & AI
I spent 4 years in Japan learning how to build systems. It took me 6 months in India to learn how to break them. At Rakuten, process was everything. You document it, you follow...
8 March 20261 min readLife & Belonging
This post is for the Emoneeds care team. The ones who traveled across UP, ran 13 workshops in government polytechnics, stayed hours after sessions ended, and made 750+ therapy...
1 March 20261 min readMental Health
Steal my 2026 founder stack. No gatekeeping here The right stack buys you back hours every week. Hours I'd rather spend thinking, building, or having real conversations. So here's...
1 March 20262 min readguideEntrepreneurship
📖 Mental Health in the Wild 📖 In Season 3 of Kota Factory, Jeetu Bhaiya goes to therapy. Let that sink in. For those who haven't seen it: Kota Factory is a TVF series set in...
1 March 20262 min readMental HealthTherapy in the Wild
🎬 Therapy in the Wild 🎬 The person who needs help the most usually looks like they need it the least. Shrinking builds an entire season around that idea and it caught me off...
26 February 20262 min readMental HealthTherapy in the Wild
There's something exciting about watching students analyze a case study that mirrors your own startup's journey like reading someone else's book report on your life. Earlier this...
24 February 20262 min readEntrepreneurship
There are 21 districts in Uttar Pradesh where most young people have never met a therapist. Not once. Project Saathi is trying to change that, and last week, we started in my...
22 February 20262 min readMental Health
Proud to announce Project Saathi our partnership with NTPC to make mental health support accessible to students across India 🌟 For too many young people in India, struggling with...
2 February 20261 min readupdateEmoneedsMental Health