HOW I WENT FROM MATHS TO THINKING ABOUT HELEN OF TROY.

I was studying math, Taylor series expansions, to be exact, when my mind made a sudden leap: Taylor series… Taylor Swift? That reminded me of a video I’d seen of her with Sabrina Carpenter, where their height difference was almost comically staggering. Unconsciously, my brain started flipping through a mental catalogue of famously short singers, landing on Ariana Grande. That made me think of her Wicked movie (the Wizard of Oz adaptation), which then led me to the handsome actor Jonathan Bailey, who played Anthony Bridgerton in Bridgerton.

From there, I recalled his love interest, Kate, and her younger sister, Edwina—played BY SOMEONE?, who recently starred in a school-themed movie with a guy who happened to be the villain in Heartstopper (the show about two British schoolboys falling in love). That reminded me of Young Royals, a similar series set in Sweden, I think?

Somehow, this train of thought made me think, Wow, I’d love to move to the Netherlands—their quality of life is amazing. Then I wondered, Why isn’t our country like that? And immediately, the answer popped into my head: The government. That made me think, Maybe I should go into politics and become Prime Minister.

From there, my mind jumped to Modi, then to President Droupadi Murmu. Her name made me think of Mahabharata, which then reminded me of the upcoming Ramayana movie starring Ranbir Kapoor. He was in a film with Aishwarya Rai, who’s the face of L'Oréal hair products, which, incidentally, brought me to Carlos Sainz, since he’s a L'Oréal ambassador and was at the Cannes Film Festival. And just like that, I ended up thinking about F1.

Then I thought, I’d love to go see an F1 race!, except we used to have them in our country, but not anymore, all because of the government. And just like that, my brain circled right back: government → Modi → President Droupadi Murmu → Mahabharat → Ramayan.

From there, I started thinking about Ramayan, how Sita, King Ram’s wife, was kidnapped, and how that story weirdly mirrors the Trojan War from Greek mythology. That got me thinking about Helen of Troy, and boom—my brain jumped straight into Greek myths, with all their gods, wars, and dramatic betrayals.

And just like that, I went from math equations to ancient epics in under a minute.

And yeah… that’s how my brain works.