Both real and imaginary reel trips.
Movie reviews, book notes, and travelogues — journeys taken by road, by page, and by projector. Everything lives on Medium; this is the front door.
Reel trips
Reviews of films and books — the imaginary journeys.
The Worst Person in the World
Joachim Trier's film looks at first like yet another millennial existential-crisis story — and then becomes something else.
Apr 30, 2025 Movie reviewThe Monk and the Gun
A serendipitous gem from Bhutan by Pawo Choyning Dorji — a heartwarming tale of tradition meeting modernity.
Nov 17, 2024 Book reviewAbundance — Ezra Klein
Reading Klein's case for building more of everything, two chapters in before realizing who the author was.
Apr 25, 2025 Book reviewDr. Fauci's Autobiography
Nineteen hours of audiobook, over a month of listening — notes on a life spent in public health.
Nov 2, 2024Real trips
Travelogues from the road — the journeys with actual mileage.
Musings
Essays and everything in between — in English and Malayalam.
Danegeld, Greenland, and the End of Colonial Vestiges
One medieval word — the protection money extracted by marauding Danes — captures a very modern idea.
Jan 8, 2026 HumorHow to Curse a Tech Bro/Dude
Mild inconveniences, precisely targeted — a field guide to Bay Area hexes.
Sep 21, 2024 മലയാളംഊരുവിലക്കുകളുടെ സ്വന്തം നാട്!
വെള്ളക്കനാട്ടിലെ ഊരുവിലക്കുകളെക്കുറിച്ച് ഒരു കുറിപ്പ്.
Aug 27, 2024About
Poojyam (പൂജ്യം) means zero — a fitting byline for notes that start from nothing and go everywhere: a coastal highway, a Bhutanese village, a Norwegian rom-com, a 19-hour audiobook. Read everything, and follow along, at poojyam.medium.com.