About

I'm Jay Patel — a final-year software engineering student in India, preparing for CAT with the goal of pursuing an MBA. I spend a lot of time reading, thinking, and trying to make sense of why people behave the way they do.

This is where I publish long-form essays on the books I read, the films I watch, and the ideas that stay with me after. Not quick takes — considered writing that I've sat with. My recent work includes a review of Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari and an analysis of 12 Angry Men through the lens of human bias and group behavior.

Outside of writing, I build software, train at the gym on a six-day split, and practice japa and meditation. I'm drawn to systems — whether that's spaced repetition for learning, structured CAT preparation, or understanding the patterns behind how humans make decisions.

This site is purely for ideas and essays. If you're here for my software work — projects, analytics, and engineering — that lives at jaypatel.software.