Shammas Rishard
writer
Joined December 2025
How to Wake Up Early and Own your Mornings: A Peaceful, Productive Life
This article analyzes the reasons we find it hard to wake up early and sleep more, and provides simple and effective solutions to solve the problem.
Social Media and Teenagers: Is there a "right age" for social media?
The article looks into some of the dilemmas in the society today: whether children should be allowed to use social media, whether it helps them, and whether there's a "right age" to use it.
You've probably never heard of The Pekoe Trail: One of the Best Trails in the World, in Sri Lanka
The Pekoe Trail is a hiking trail carved around the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka, offering the best panoramic views of the central mountains, tea estates, and an intimate experience with the local life around them. This article is a concise guide of navigating through it.
Why the Hound of The Baskervilles is a masterpiece
A spoiler-free review of the great Sherlock Holmes novel, The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle, revealing why it's a classic and a masterpiece of fiction.
Fight, Flight, or Freeze: What are these responses and what controls them?
This articles dives into what the three main defense mechanisms in our body are, and how they work, and whether they can be controlled. The author shares his personal experience with these responses and also explores on the scientific aspects behind it in a concise manner.
When the Internet was first hacked: How One Accidental Worm changed the World
This story dives into how the first cyberattack happened, and how the Internet was in those days, and what it meant for the future of the cyber world.