Bhuvan
bebhuvan.bsky.social
Bhuvan
@bebhuvan.bsky.social
Wayward kite with its string cut off. I write about random things at bhuvan.substack.com.
Added over 300 new works to the site. There are so many bloody good rabbit holes to go down but so little time. Why god why you do this 😭 Need that life extension shit soon.

dhwani.ink
Dhwani - A Treasury of Indian Literary Heritage
Discover India's literary treasures - from ancient Vedic hymns to modern literary masterpieces
dhwani.ink
November 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I just finished reading Henry David Thoreau's essay Walking, and I'd be lying if I didn't describe it as a kind of spiritual experience. The essay is poetic, prophetic, deeply utopian, and philosophical all at once.
The walker within: Reflections on Thoreau's Walking
Yearning for contemplative spaces
open.substack.com
August 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Some good weekend reads here.

papertrails.rabbitholes.garden
Paper Trails
Curated essays worth your time. Hand-picked longform writing from the best Substacks.
papertrails.rabbitholes.garden
August 23, 2025 at 3:21 AM
A speculative essay on the loss of contemplative space and how that's making us all miserable.
The death of silence
On the loss of contemplative spaces
open.substack.com
August 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
A few thoughts on China.

hopeanddespair.world/blog/why-chi...
Why China matters
Despair, no hope
hopeanddespair.world
February 9, 2025 at 7:22 AM
New rabbit hole: Hope and despair

hopeanddespair.world
🌗 Hope and Despair
Despair, no hope
hopeanddespair.world
January 26, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Here’s a brief and incomplete history of "fuck," "piss," "shit," and all the other lovely, vulgar, profane, bawdy, naughty, colorful, salty, saucy, coarse, lewd, risqué, crude, obscene, lascivious, scurrilous, and blasphemous obscenities we all love to use.

open.substack.com/pub/bhuvan/p...
Fuck, shit, and everything in between: a quick history of swearing
For the love of cursing
open.substack.com
January 12, 2025 at 1:25 AM
So now Assad becomes a podcaster?
Assad - gradually, then suddenly
December 8, 2024 at 9:25 AM
This was so good!
Here's a post I wrote arguing against bucket lists (I think they are simply not useful, contribute to harmful mass tourism without enriching people's experience, encouraging people to put off goals for play and recreation until retirement.

helendecruz.substack.com/p/against-bu...
Against bucket lists
This picture shows a line of climbers attempting to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
helendecruz.substack.com
November 30, 2024 at 11:54 AM


A few useful frames to think about Donald Trump.
How to think about the age of Trump
This is how it ends?
open.substack.com
November 25, 2024 at 1:38 AM
I've got a grab bag of delightful things for you.
Links that haunt me: musings on love, life, words and hope
From my link graveyard
bhuvan.substack.com
November 16, 2024 at 2:33 PM
I already miss the civilisational collapse vibes from the other site.
November 16, 2024 at 2:09 AM