over the past eight months, a small idea kept coming back to me. something that started of as a quiet item on my to-do list, became something that i couldn't ignore much longer. today, i can finally share what i've been working on. this project was born out of care, a need for connections, and deep belief in the value of life in all its forms. jaan means 'life' or 'soul' in many south-asian and middle eastern cultures, and when i look at the world around us, i see how much o

when i first wrote that thank you note about three months ago celebrating 75,000 reads, i thought it would take me at least another year before i hit another milestone. instead, just a couple months later, here i sit writing out that this little space i am so happy to call ours has now crossed 250,000+ total read and has doubled in readers. every share and every read has meant more to me than words can even express. it amazes me how something that began as a small outlet for

james d. watson , the molecular biologist who helped reveal DNA's double-helix structure, has recently died on november 7th, 2025, at the age of 97 . his life and what he had discovered changed modern biology for the better, exposing how brilliance and bias can still coexist. in 1953, while working at cambridge with francis crick, watson co-proposed the double-helix model of DNA, revealing how genetic information is stored and replicated. their model drew from rosalind frankl