Spoiler: the app was never the enemy. So I was back in Lucknow recently, my hometown, where every other lane has a spot that could go absolutely viral if the algorithm ever found it, and I stopped by my all-time favourite local biryani place. The kind where the owner knows your order before you say it and the biryani hits different every single time.(I'm drooling while I type this haha) Somewhere between the first bite and the small talk, I asked him why he still wasn't on any delivery...

2025 has changed the playbook; now it’s not about who’s loudest, but who’s real. In 2025, a trend’s shelf life is shorter than a TikTok loop. Algorithms shift. Attention evaporates. What worked last quarter suddenly doesn’t. It’s easy to feel like you’re constantly running just to stay in view. But maybe the goal isn’t to keep up anymore. Maybe it’s to slow down ; and stand for something that actually lasts. Because here’s the thing , every campaign has an end date, but meaning doesn’t. The...

"You want to be successful? You have to be interesting." —Harvey Specter, Suits Let’s be honest—no one is lining up to respond to another...