Our Story

Ethos and Life began with admiration rather than ambition.

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During my time at NUJS Kolkata, I was consistently drawn to blogs, less for their immediacy, and more for their freedom. Unlike traditional publications, they allowed ideas to surface without delay, unburdened by cumbersome timelines or the long wait that often separates thought from expression. I knew, even then, that I wanted to create a space of my own, one where writing could be timely, considered, and unconfined.

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I have long been drawn to writing that resists labels, work that moves effortlessly across ideas while remaining precise, intelligent, and deeply considered. Paul Graham’s essays, which range across virtually everything while remaining incisive, were an early inspiration. So was Finshots, a finance blog that demonstrates how clarity and depth need not be sacrificed for accessibility, and how strong writing can make even the most complex subjects compelling.

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This platform is not an attempt to replicate that brilliance, nor a claim to extraordinary insight. Instead, it is a considered collection of thoughts, on law, on life, and on the many places where the two intersect, that struck me as worth examining, questioning, or preserving.

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Law forms the connective thread that runs through much of what you will read here. But it is not the boundary. The pieces published under Ethos and Life are guided less by subject matter and more by intent: ideas that felt thoughtful, relevant, or quietly intelligent, and therefore deserving of articulation.

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This is, at its core, a space for disciplined curiosity, where legal reasoning meets broader reflection, and where seriousness of thought coexists with range of interest. Nothing more, and nothing less.

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In 2025, the case for long-form writing feels almost necessary to restate. Blogs, magazines, and books remain essential not merely as mediums of information, but as disciplines of attention. They ask for sustained thought, reward nuance, and allow complexity to exist without distortion. This stands in sharp contrast to the growing reliance on short-form content, particularly social media reels that attempt to “educate” through oversimplified, highly specific scenarios, often sacrificing accuracy for immediacy and engagement. Ethos and Life is, in part, a quiet insistence that our ideas, and our minds, deserve better.