Hi 👋 I'm Bhuvan

Doer of random things. Diver of weird rabbit holes. Sharer of weird and fascinating things. Writer of things nobody reads.

Welcome to my small little corner on the dumpster fire that is the interweb where I share the things I do, write and discover. Scroll down to check out my latest fascinations and obsessions.

Bhuvan

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Speculation is like water—it always finds a way

I argue that speculation is like water—it never stops, it just finds new channels. Using India’s gaming ban and global examples, I show why prohibition shrinks what’s visible but pushes play offshore or underground, and why channelization with smart, coordinated regulation works better.

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A world without news

For some reason, I’ve long been fascinated by news publishing. At one point in my life, I wanted to be a journalist. Thank God I didn’t become one. As romantic ...

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Broken news

“Good times become good memories, but bad times become good lessons.” Uncle Iroh, Avatar: The Last Airbender.

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I built Paper Trails to aggregate RSS feeds from some of the blogs and newsletters I enjoy reading. It’s become a wonderful place for me to find new rabbit holes 🐰 🕳️ and you may too. Check it out and let me know if you have any suggestions.

I add a possibly dumb yet genius new feature called “Random Digest.” Twice a week, the site automatically pulls 10 links randomly from different categories and creates a digest in case you want to randomly read something.

What do you think?

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Here I aggregate letters, speeches, and essays in public domain.

Wonderful things I discover on the internet.

A curated RSS aggregator featuring essays worth your time from 135+ publications across culture, economics, politics, science, and technology.