Aarsh Malik
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Poet and storyteller who believes in the quiet power of words. Sharing self-help insights, fiction, and poetry on Vocal.
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The Food Pyramid Has Been Flipped. Here’s What the New One Really Means.
For decades, we were taught to eat from the bottom up. Grains formed the foundation. Bread, rice, cereal. Protein and fats hovered higher, almost suspiciously. Sugar sat at the top like a guilty secret we all pretended not to touch.
By Aarsh Malik2 months ago in Feast
Renée Hartevelt Was Eaten Alive After Death. Content Warning.
Renée Hartevelt was twenty-five years old when she walked into an apartment in Paris and never walked out. She was a Dutch exchange student at the Sorbonne, studying literature, surrounded by language and ideas meant to last longer than flesh ever could. Friends described her as warm, intelligent, unguarded. She believed people when they spoke to her kindly. That belief is what killed her.
By Aarsh Malik2 months ago in Criminal
Venezuela: Beyond Oil, Into the Future of Global Power
Venezuela is often reduced to headlines: oil, sanctions, Maduro, and economic collapse. But the country’s true significance stretches far beyond its black gold. Beneath the surface lies a mineral-rich landscape, part of South America’s strategic corridor of lithium, nickel, cobalt, copper, and other rare earth elements. These are the raw materials of the future .. powering electric vehicles, renewable energy, advanced electronics, and defense technologies. In a world gradually moving past oil dependence, these minerals are becoming the new currency of power, and Venezuela sits at the edge of that race.
By Aarsh Malik2 months ago in Futurism
Why Trump Keeps Looking North: Greenland, Power, and the New Geography of Influence
When Ice Becomes Strategy At first glance, Greenland looks like silence. A vast white landmass, sparsely populated, frozen, distant. Yet in global politics, silence often hides the loudest signals. When Donald Trump repeatedly spoke about Greenland .. even floating the idea of acquiring it .. many laughed. But geopolitics is rarely about jokes. It is about position, timing, and fear of being late.
By Aarsh Malik2 months ago in Education
The Story Needed a Villain. So It Chose Me.
I don’t remember the first time someone looked at me like I was dangerous. That’s the problem with stories. They don’t start where we think they do. They start quietly, invisibly, when a thought forms in someone else’s mind and finds a place to stay.
By Aarsh Malik2 months ago in Fiction
Midnight Bridge: New Year’s Eve Around the World
The clock is ticking. December 31st drifts quietly through cities and villages, markets and quiet homes, carrying with it a strange energy. People everywhere sense it, something is ending, something is about to begin.
By Aarsh Malik3 months ago in Humans
Stranger Things Finale: Why So Many Are Watching, and What It Quietly Normalizes
Stranger Things is not just a television series. It is a cultural habit. Millions watched it, discussed it, theorized about it, and waited years for its finale. That alone raises an important question: what is this story feeding, and why does it resonate so deeply right now?
By Aarsh Malik3 months ago in Humans
When Legends Fall: The Final Ride of Vince Zampella
A bright red Ferrari erupted from the belly of a tunnel at midday, its engine growling like a beast unleashed. In a heartbeat, the machine became something else altogether: a fireball against concrete. The roar of speed became a flash of metal, then an eerie silence on a narrow mountain highway. This was December 21, 2025. This was the day Vince Zampella, video games’ greatest architect of modern first-person shooters, took his final ride.
By Aarsh Malik3 months ago in Gamers
