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Holding On Too Long

By Vega Subramaniam

Welp, I officially deleted my Twitter (SORRY, my bad: “X”) account. Something I had been holding onto for too long.

Given that I more or less never used it, you might wonder why it took me so long. … Read More

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There’s Something About Our Dishwasher (Or, How I Learned to Believe in Myself)

By Vega Subramaniam

Mala had a revelation recently that drastically shifted how she thought about personal growth.

For most of her life, Mala’s been a rule-breaker. When she was young, one of her uncles attempted to impress upon her how … Read More

How do we quantify a thriving wage?

By Mala Nagarajan

I’ve often heard, and have also adopted, the word “thriving” to describe the desired state of our communities. But I’ve never really seen anyone define what “thriving” means, especially when it comes to compensation. Someone surely … Read More

18 Nov '22

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Why Do We Qualify Positive Statements?

By Vega Subramaniam

The other day, I was talking with Mala about some work I was doing, and I said, “it’s going pretty well, actually!” My immediate, split-second response to my own statement was, “I mean, there’s stuff that could … Read More

Course Correction

By Vega Subramaniam

I’m (in a perhaps losing battle with my attempt toward) writing a thing. It started off as a 2021 NaNoWriMo lark. And then, over the course of 2022, it took steadily greater importance in my mind … Read More

Top Tips to Stop Widening the Wealth Gap

By Vega and Mala

Hello, my friends! How are you? Are you OK? Probably not. Or at least, probably not totally, even if sort of. Just like Mala and me! Just like all of us. If you’re tired, welcome. There’s … Read More

Awesome Trips

I was reading an article in The New Yorker about Icelandic volcanoes, as you do. The author went to rather great lengths to witness the eruption of one particular volcano: Fagradalsfjall (on a side note, who’s with me that all … Read More

Mixed Emotions

By Vega Subramaniam

Pretty much all the time, the same event—a marriage, a funeral, a holiday celebration…an election…—is an occasion for both celebration and mourning—laden also with all the emotions in between and sideways and tangential and, for that matter, … Read More

24 Apr '20

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Sustain the Flame/Don’t Just Inspire the Fire

By Vega Subramaniam

In the days when a human could casually imagine doing this (read: before March 11th), Mala and I love(d) camping. We love the wilderness, the fresh air, the birds.

And when we camp, naturally we build campfires.Read More

10 Apr '20

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No Guilt, No Pressure, Just Us Surviving

By Vega Subramaniam

What a difference a month can make, eh?

I’ve found myself cocooning for the past several weeks.

For one thing, Mala and I (and her mom) moved a couple weeks ago, from Silver Spring to Laurel, MD, … Read More