Arjun’s Newsletter

Do Dumb Stuff

the art of taking risks and failing upwards

Sep 14 • 

Arjun Agarwal

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July 2025

What I Wish I Knew As a Freshman

40 things the first year at uni taught me.

Jul 16 • 

Arjun Agarwal

7

Please Remove Your Shoes Before Polluting the River

Meditation on the culture, cuisine and contradiction in the city of Haridwar

Jul 1 • 

Arjun Agarwal

4

June 2025

Don't Just Take CS(E)

Choose Love. Choose Passion. Choose Curiosity.

Jun 3 • 

Arjun Agarwal

7

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May 2025

How does a 100 year old novel predicts every modern political crisis?

A summary and analysis of Tagore's "The Home and The World".

May 29 • 

Arjun Agarwal

3

April 2025

The Arrogance of Ignorance

When pretending to be interesting is easier than being interesting and why trying is the whole point!

Apr 18 • 

Arjun Agarwal

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March 2025

On trying things

and a blatant invitation to Chennai Mathematical Institute

Mar 9 • 

Arjun Agarwal

10

December 2024

The Anatomy of a Physics Olympiad

How? Where? and Why? of some questions from STEMS Physics

Dec 30, 2024 • 

Arjun Agarwal

4

I study decision theory but I have trouble making them.

Also a very informal introduction to complexity theory.

Dec 26, 2024 • 

Arjun Agarwal

4

October 2024

An average wednesday

What did you do last Wednesday?

Oct 13, 2024 • 

Arjun Agarwal

3

August 2024

This book that turned me into an optimist

“What We Owe the Future” by William MacAskill

Aug 25, 2024 • 

Arjun Agarwal

2

June 2024

64 Squares and Why They Matter?

Why learning sports professionally can change your life?

Jun 16, 2024 • 

Arjun Agarwal

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