2023, A Year in Hindsight
Covering my past year of blogging in a capsule and also a throwback to my posts of this year. I write on Socio-Politics, Elections, International Relations, Law, Technology, MUN, etc. Enlisting a few achievements, milestones, and anecdotes.
2023 was an interesting year and indeed one of the most unpredictable years for writing and blogging at large. From 2022, this year was definitely, an improvement. Apart from this 2023 was a very simple yet aspirational year for me taking important strides in my career. I went on multiple short trips and played an active role in many activities.
Started as a very stable and boring year, but picked up the pace by the second week of January. My cousin got married and it was a grand one of course. I was back in the circuit where I took part in a few MUNs and witnessed one of them.
I read a lot of books which not only helped increase my knowledge but also right, helped me write a lot of articles. College got intense with my last semester. There were a lot of challenges as well as great things that happened in those days. The placement season wasn’t good enough. I gave the NET exam three times this year hoping for the best.
Besides ending college put me in a tough spot because I couldn’t carry along with me many good things I did there. Thus I am still figuring out what is the best for me. I guess it might take a longer time before settling itself.
This year we went on a road trip which was a big feat for our family. Additionally, I went on multiple short solo trips having a great experience that I will never forget. Overall, this year was a mix of achievements and failures for me.
Writing in 2023
2023 has been a mixed bag for everyone. Also, this year has been the most talked about AI, ChatGPT, etc. Medium has been marred with multiple controversies this year with its algorithm, partner program, and friend program. Its new features and growth of the platform look very promising to me.
Compared to 2022, this year was definitely an improvement for me. But a very tragic thing happened to me as my vocal media account disappeared making my two years of hard work vanish in vain.
On the contrary, Medium has been great for me, with records broken this year. I was not able to reach newer accomplishments but also was able to make a decent amount of money as well but is not as high as people think it to be. I was able to complete 160 articles on medium and 110 articles on my personal blog.
This year has been very good for my podcast as well publishing one of the highest number of episodes in this year and the amount of listeners hitting record high. But, my Buy Me a Coffee campaign wasn't very effective as I didn't find any supporters.
Once again I thank everyone who stood beside me and supported me across the writing platforms. Hope the year 2024 will be an equally great one for blogging and writing.
Best Collection of this year
Now, I am here to convey the hall of fame of my articles for the year 2023, which I consider my best. I hope you too will agree with me. If you haven’t read it, please do and let me know if you’ll continue to agree with me or not.
Political Science Theory
The main aspect of politics is the way in which this subject explains, about society, polity, governments, governance, and elections. Hence pushing beyond the classical definition of politics ie. elections is essential. This is where I took an academic deviation to explain one of the most complicated and rampant menace in society.
I explain the psychology behind conspiracy theories and why they receive more acceptance in this society than anyone can imagine it to be.
International Relations
There was no shortage of relevant international topics this year with both Israel-Palestine and Russia-Ukraine. Even though I worked on multiple topics I couldn’t put together an article on Medium but I did publish an article on my personal blog that will be uploaded on Medium soon.
Hence, I published an article on India’s G20 Presidency.
Science and Technology
It wasn’t my best year in terms of technical articles, but one of the articles that I worked on a lot was on Cryptography.
Politics
We cannot reduce politics to party politics and elections but rather to a field that affects everyone’s lives. My top politics article this year was on a film that was politically controversial and relevant.
Elections based Analysis
The top election-related article will be from my neighbouring state where I did my post-graduation, Karnataka. It was one of the most important election stories of the year.
Education
I have been writing related to education for the past five years, and I have rarely seen people people write on these topics. I wrote two articles on education last year. My article on the third semester was significant enough.
Financial Articles
As usual, I published the article on the Indian financial budget for 2023.
Political Economy
Economics and Politics are always interlinked. Hence, my recent article on the topic was related to ease of doing business in my state- Kerala. It's a podcast episode summary.
Some important achievements and milestones
Here are a few other important articles that couldn't make it to the list above.
An article on Special Events and Anniversaries of the year
Article on Cryptography and how information on the internet is kept secure.
Article on India’s Neighbourhood Policy under Prime Minister Modi
An election in my state
Article on Computer Graphics
My monthly Newscapsule List
Let me know how the year 2023 went and wishing you all a Happy and Prosperous 2024!
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