Aditi Unplugged

When you open Spotify, play a song, and then the next song is played according to their algorithm, it is sometimes a treat, and sometimes it happens to be extremely annoying. You are like, brooo, that was not today's vibe, that doesn't suit the mood at all! Spotify just knows how you feel usually and plays that, but today you don't wanna listen to that same song which you were maybe dancing to yesterday… How surprising it is... Your playlist defines you, as they say... I would like to deny that today. Bcoz I am not that same person when I've completed my targets, I am not that same person in the morning when I don't really have a mood to study, neither am I the same person who wants to stare at the sun till it goes down and it's so dark that mosquitos will have you for dinner, nor am I the same person as nobody loves me, and offcourse not the same as I can do it with a broken heart, mostly it also cannot be like I'm unstoppable ( although I wish it was). S...

Habits do change! It hurts when someone calls you selfish because now you cannot easily adjust to them. After all, now you cannot simply do as it is told to you and now have your way of doing things. The reason? They say I am living alone. Firstly, what you see as living alone is never a choice but an obligation. It was the punishment I got to study or for someone to work out of their hometown, for your betterment and growth. Otherwise, why would someone choose to stay in a building of heartless people? Staying independently gives you the responsibility of every tiny bit around you, may it's folding your clothes vertically and not horizontally due to the availability of storage around your place, which may not even be yours. Yet, when you go home, it's all different now. You are not doing things the same way you did when you were younger… even bathing daily at 7 am feels different now because habits change! I never imagined myself 3 years ago doing some of the things I do...

  Why Individual Action is the Key to Fighting Climate Change Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time, but the debate continues: should governments take the lead, or do individuals hold greater responsibility? While policies and regulations play a role, history and evidence suggest that individuals, through conscious choices and grassroots efforts, have been the true drivers of climate action. Government Policies: Slow and Often Ineffective Governments have implemented various climate policies, from carbon pricing and renewable energy incentives to stricter environmental regulations. However, these efforts often fall short due to economic concerns, political instability, and corporate influence. Failed Government-Led Climate Actions France’s Yellow Vest Protests (2018-2019) serve as a stark example of how government-led policies can backfire. The French government introduced a fuel tax designed to reduce carbon emissions, but this led to mass protests as fuel ...

For the last 3 years that I have spent living in the heart of Pune City, the Peth area, the question I have in my mind, like many others, is WHY? If it was for 1 time, I would be ok with it, but this has become the scenario for every festival, and every event. The extremely loud music systems. So loud and harmful that the cat near my hostel was scared and was finding a place to hide desperately, so loud that the windows in my room were shaking, and we could feel the waves standing anywhere in the radius of 10 meters of those speakers. The harm it causes is a long list. But people are ready to defend it, saying, Don’t you respect these deities? Are you not aware of X leader’s contribution to history? And so on! But the question is totally invalid, because how much do you respect that god if all you are playing is item songs like Saki Saki and then changing them if some old man scolds you near the stage? Yes, change 2 songs and play the same bullshit again. This is how much you pay respe...

  No,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no! It is what a girl listens to every day in an orthodox Indian middle-class family. Sometimes, even if the question is incomplete, the answer is NO ! When we say, how far have we come? Let me tell you, we have just come from keeping the ghungat on the shoulders, which was earlier on the head. And that’s it…. Nothing far than that. If you are a girl in India, even today, you need to ask for everything. Each and every part of your life is governed, and you are bound to ASK. You are accountable to all the family members about everything. Even if you have the best behavior, you are supposed to ASK for everything. Because you are not self-sufficient to make your own decisions. You are not allowed to step even the border of your door because what if….. This WHAT IF… list has more than 2000 scenarios in it. It never ends. Every time a new question, every time a new DISAPPOINTMENT wit...

  You open your phone, scroll through Instagram, and tada! The Ambanis are throwing yet another grand wedding. Everyone’s decked out in designer clothes, dripping in luxury, and flaunting a level of extravagance that feels otherworldly. Then you switch to a movie, and there it is—a random actress declaring, “If I get married, it’ll only be in the Katrina wala lehenga.” Price tag? Just 2 lakh. A few days later, you're back on Instagram, and your feed is flooded with aesthetic wedding reels. Udaipur, Tuscany, Maldives—you name it, it’s there. Suddenly, every little girl dreams of having a “fairy-tale” destination wedding, complete with those dreamy Pinterest vibes. Let’s not play the blame game here. Sure, people want to spend on their weddings, and that's their choice. But imagine this: if the same hype were created over buying a PS5 or the latest gaming rig after binge-watching reels, every Indian parent would flip out. There’d be lectures, guilt trips, and a lot of “We did...