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The fundamental idea behind Curiousect is to explore a range of questions. Through the podcast I'm experimenting with different mini-series. Time Capsule is about the ideas, things and conversations that are worth revisiting in the future. Timesheets is a series where I document my journey through adulthood and share stories about struggles, chaos and conversations about adulting.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Nirmal Bhansali makes early adulthood legible through reflective memoir, peer conversations and sharply remembered college experiences.
Curiousect turns Nirmal Bhansali's passage out of college into a record of changing ambitions, friendships and places. Reflective narration sits beside conversations with peers, allowing private uncertainty to widen into questions about work, values and belonging without losing…
A hostel room with a good cooler might make you miss when friendship lived next door.
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A small room holds the story of learning independence and belonging.
A tiny room at the corner of a balcony becomes the stage for a life in transition. The episode tracks a new law firm associate as he closes out law school, committee life, and student dependence, then settles into how MCS 416 moved from a practical hostel room into a place that…
A campus sports story where shared memory turns a hard loss into pride.
Time Capsule treats Yuvartha as a college sports tribute, with the NLUJ men's volleyball team as its clearest expression of dedication, unity, and community.
A classroom debate about belonging becomes a quiet lesson in civic thought.
Tejas Rao's conversation turns a school ceremony and an alma mater workshop into a steady reflection on constitutional values, citizenship, and what a young person stands for while growing into adulthood.
A thoughtful restart that moves from a vocabulary notebook to work, family background, and future plans.
Time Capsule reads as a restart after months away from Curisect, with Nirmal Bhansali using the episode to think through how he lets personal projects go.
Coach-to-coach volleyball talk that stays specific
Nirmal Bhansali's Timesheets episode assembles commencement speeches around adulthood, career changes, and the uncertainty of "tomorrow." Steve Jobs's Reed College calligraphy story argues that choices can become meaningful only years later, while David Foster Wallace focuses on attention during routine adult life.
It opens with a loose studio greeting before Nirmal Bansali takes the mic.
Nirmal Bhansali opens the story with Yuvartha.
Nirmal Bhansali frames Time Capsule as a place to record ideas, conversations, and random things he may want to revisit later.
Nirmal Bhansali reopens his show by naming the pause up front.