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Why don't Indians read for pleasure?

Examining the different aspect of book culture in India

Feb 11 • Anurag Minus Verma

The Epstein Files & dangerous boredom of rich people.

Everything told to you about Rich People was fake.

Feb 3 • Anurag Minus Verma

So how will you remember 2025 ?

The Paradox of memory

Dec 29, 2025 • Anurag Minus Verma

Notes from a Hectic Month

and the FAQs of readers

Dec 22, 2025 • Anurag Minus Verma

Culture Cafe by Anurag Minus Verma

Culture Cafe by Anurag Minus Verma

Essays on culture, life, and politics. And on the rest, which matters in its own useless way.

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Culture, cinema, politics, and the things we whisper about

A Small Story of Writing, Rejection, and Finding My Voice

A Personal History of Rejection and Return

Nov 21, 2025 • Anurag Minus Verma

Future of emotions in the age of ChatGPT

How AI is altering our relationship with language

Nov 2, 2025 • Anurag Minus Verma

Homebound and quite act of crying in theatre

Why we even cry while consuming any work of art.

Oct 7, 2025 • Anurag Minus Verma

My Debut Non fiction book is now out!

The Great Indian Brain Rot: Love, Lies and Algorithms in Digital India

Oct 2, 2025 • Anurag Minus Verma

The Slow Disappearance of Smoking and Drinking Culture

On the fading cool of cigarettes, the decline of hangovers, and the rise of stranger pleasures

Sep 14, 2025 • Anurag Minus Verma

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