A friend is in town for medical tests. We had a pasta lunch in the complex where he’s being probed and scanned. He said he hadn’t seen so many doctors since he was quarantined for tuberculosis as a ...

I spent a Saturday recently all by myself. I went to a farmers’ market alone, sat in a coffee shop alone, cooked dinner alone, and watched a movie alone. When a friend asked how my weekend was, I said ...

I like being alone. Perhaps it’s a taste I’ve acquired through a lifetime of feeling estranged from the world around me: I’m a little shy, significantly aloof and often bored with what the people ...

A candle flickers on the coffee table, sending a wisp of smoke into an empty, white-washed room. Foreign noises creak outside. I stare at the blank walls and the pictures scattered on the floor that ...

Risha Jha, 30, prefers to spend most time alone, although he thinks he would like to get married. He has spent most of his life in India although he did spend a few years in San Francisco and aspires ...

What does it mean to be alone? The question feels paradoxical in an age where connection is constant, yet solitude remains a deeply personal experience. After posting my earlier article, Dynamic ...

One Saturday a few weeks back, my wife and I had a rough morning. I don’t remember the exact reason, but it had something to do with the upstairs bathroom. The toilet and shower had been out of ...