Subtle Digressions

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tsundoku.
On the antilibrary, life's finitude, and preservation.
 • Yashvardhan Jain
Mausoleum of Memories
Fiction Issue #3: Flash Fiction
 • Yashvardhan Jain
No one saves us in this world, but people give us the tools so that we can transform towards our own rescue
Personal Digressions: Some thoughts on the masks we hide behind, on truth, and the point of fiction
 • Yashvardhan Jain
Benjamín Labatut's fiction and the insanity of scientific rationality
On Benjamín Labatut’s The MANIAC, his thoughts on writing and fiction, and humanity tiktok-ing its way to annihilation
 • Yashvardhan Jain
Waiting For What Never Was
Fiction Issue #2 : A Short Story
 • Yashvardhan Jain
The magic in-between the ordinariness
A guest post by Yashvardhan Jain
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All The Lives We Cannot Live
On happiness, choice, and the liberating meaninglessness of our finite lives
 • Yashvardhan Jain
Subtle Digressions
Subtle Digressions
Subtle Digressions is a snapshot of my existence as I follow my curiosities. A one-man labor of love, I write essays at the intersection of literature, history, and philosophy—exploring ideas through stories, both real and fictional.
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Subtle Digressions

Subtle Digressions is a snapshot of my existence as I follow my curiosities. A one-man labor of love, I write essays at the intersection of literature, history, and philosophy—exploring ideas through stories, both real and fictional.
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