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title: "Thoughts Essays | Gireesh Shanbbhag"
description: "Essays on Thoughts by Gireesh Shanbbhag — 11 articles connecting Indian wisdom with modern life."
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# Thoughts

Essays on Thoughts by Gireesh Shanbbhag — 11 articles connecting Indian wisdom with modern life.

- [Stop Labeling Our Youth: A Plea to Return to Our Roots Before We Lose Everything](https://gireeshshanbbhag.in/stop-labeling-our-youth-a-plea-to-return-to-our-roots-before-we-lose-everything)
- [The Internal Yuga: A Sociological and Philosophical Analysis of the Modern Epoch](https://gireeshshanbbhag.in/the-internal-yuga-a-sociological-and-philosophical-analysis-of-the-modern-epoch)
- [Resilience, Betrayal, and the Moral Imperative of Compassion](https://gireeshshanbbhag.in/resilience-betrayal-and-the-moral-imperative-of-compassion)
- [The Silent Scream behind the Smile: Understanding the Crisis of the Post-2000 Generation](https://gireeshshanbbhag.in/the-silent-scream-behind-the-smile-understanding-the-crisis-of-the-post-2000-generation)
- [The Crisis of Trust: Why We Must treat Online Reviews Like Votes](https://gireeshshanbbhag.in/the-crisis-of-trust-why-we-must-treat-online-reviews-like-votes)
- [The Art of the Journey: Distinguishing the Traveller from the Tourist](https://gireeshshanbbhag.in/the-art-of-the-journey-distinguishing-the-traveller-from-the-tourist)
- [Beyond the Drift: Why “Going With the Flow” Is a Betrayal of Your Purpose](https://gireeshshanbbhag.in/beyond-the-drift-why-going-with-the-flow-is-a-betrayal-of-your-purpose)
- [The Paradox of 2026: Why Silicon Valley’s Roads Are Still Stuck in the Stone Age](https://gireeshshanbbhag.in/the-paradox-of-2026-why-silicon-valleys-roads-are-still-stuck-in-the-stone-age)
- [Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups, or a Nightmare for Our Culture?](https://gireeshshanbbhag.in/toxic-a-fairy-tale-for-grown-ups-or-a-nightmare-for-our-culture)
- [Cultural Amnesia and the Search for Meaning: Rethinking the Indian New Year](https://gireeshshanbbhag.in/cultural-amnesia-and-the-search-for-meaning-rethinking-the-indian-new-year)
- [What is the point if we indians leave our culture completely and adapt to western? then there is no point of telling unity in diversity isn’t it?](https://gireeshshanbbhag.in/westernization-of-indian-culture-unity-in-diversity)