This Bucket Does Not Need A Lid

On Indian envy, public failure, and the cost of questioning every success

Oct 6 • Harnidh Kaur

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August 2026

How Do I Work With My Dream Cos?

A terrible, terrible cover letter

Aug 11 • Harnidh Kaur

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July 2026

Main Tan Tere Naal Nachna

How Birmingham, Southall and a generation of children living between worlds built the first global era of Punjabi music, and why Britain failed to build…

Jul 25 • Harnidh Kaur

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The Box

The story of the PR box for The Girls Are Not Fine*, and the twelve brands who filled it.

Jul 17 • Harnidh Kaur

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June 2026

That Looks Expensive

The essay in which I took ~15 years worth of an obsession with sparkly things and ended up hurtling down a rabbithole. The definitive read on high…

Jun 26 • Harnidh Kaur

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You Need To Start Thinking Like An Influencer

Get over your contempt and start stealing the skills

Jun 16 • Harnidh Kaur

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May 2026

The Questionnaire

A (non-exhaustive) list of questions I think you should ask before you get married.

May 25 • Harnidh Kaur

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Take Yourself Home

On Indian girlhood, therapy-speak, and the right to leave before your body forces you to.

May 16 • Harnidh Kaur

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April 2026

The Day Of

On launching The Girls Are Not Fine

Apr 30 • Harnidh Kaur

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Bollywood Wants To Be Instagram

But Instagram has no desire to become Bollywood

Apr 18 • Harnidh Kaur

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Don't Marry a Loser

A dispatch from thirty women, multiple bodies of research, a kerfuffle on X and the men who told on themselves.

Apr 10 • Harnidh Kaur

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Almost Good

On AI, authenticity, and the new economics of trust.

Apr 7 • Harnidh Kaur

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