Articles by Shilpa Saravanan
12/12/17 8:31pm
Shilpa Saravanan | Why we need to let others change on their own
Letting what others do bother you, and critiquing them for it, is less productive than observing and understanding. 12/11/17 8:05pm
Group Think | What is the biggest issue facing Penn?
The fall semester is just about to end and a lot has happened that has left lasting impressions and changes on this campus. 12/02/17 2:00pm
Shilpa Saravanan | Reading more doesn’t necessarily make you more intellectual
More books aren’t better, and reading isn’t necessarily better than not reading — so let’s stop acting like that’s the case. 11/15/17 10:01pm
Shilpa Saravanan | Home for Thanksgiving break, but not Thanksgiving
Celebrating Thanksgiving the “right way” shouldn’t be a litmus test for American-ness. 11/08/17 11:33pm
Shilpa Saravanan | Planners, but no plans: our struggle with our time
We encourage everyone around us to practice self-care, and then turn around and talk loudly about how we barely get any sleep because we were scrolling through Reddit for hours. 11/01/17 11:48pm
Shilpa Saravanan | How to finally stop being busy
What I’ve found is that the best way to escape the culture of busyness is to be by myself and enjoy it. 10/25/17 9:41pm
Shilpa Saravanan | Burning your idols
We so often predicate our existence on someone else’s — their successes are your successes, and you avoid any information whatsoever that might point to their failings. 10/11/17 11:55pm
Shilpa Saravanan | The universal and specific value of ethnic studies
Courses in ethnic studies departments, because they’re about real people with real beliefs, can prove entirely fulfilling even to people who have little or no ethnic connection to the culture they study. 09/21/17 12:09am
Shilpa Saravanan | The false dichotomy between work and play
The petition at issue is poorly-argued and out of touch, but the idea that we are entitled to this kind of social life didn’t start with those who wrote and supported its message. 09/13/17 10:14pm
Shilpa Saravanan | The land of overwhelming opportunity
We place too high of a value on the number of choices we’re offered and we’re so in love with the agency we have that we don’t stop to consider how daunting it all is. 09/06/17 10:43pm
Shilpa Saravanan | Yearning for a simpler club
You become “well-rounded” by simply existing at Penn, and by not letting your extracurriculars define that existence for you. 08/30/17 9:19pm