Nature still exists… we just mostly experience it through screens now. Fresh air, but make it digital.

“Essentials” have also gotten a bit confusing—somewhere between Wi-Fi, overthinking, and that one chair that’s now your entire life setup.

With the world shifting (slowly, but also not really), most of our movement is digital. Roads are empty, notifications are not. Our big, open lives have quietly shrunk into tabs and screens.

‘Essential’ looks at this constant change—how we keep evolving, even when we’re standing still. What really counts as essential anymore? And when did the “extra” stuff start feeling so necessary?

No solid answers—just a slightly amused look at how we’re all figuring it out.

  1. I have a dream
  2. Mindfulness
  3. Covering up
  4. Poetry in isolation
  5. Laal jalti hai chita (Pyre)
  6. The unclinging moon

Special thanks to our contributors

Akash Vohra | Moni Jha | Uddalak Gupta | Sahaj Gosh | Jasveen Sabhrawal | Rakshit Reddy | Arundhati Barkataky | Tarini Pal | Sunit Sinha | Bhavpreet Singh | Ten Phun