Newton Kushwaha New Delhi
How did the world come to be the way it is — and how does it actually work?
I study History and Hindi at Motilal Nehru College, University of Delhi. Most of what I do starts from one of those two questions — whether I’m reading about the Mughal mansabdari system, framing a photograph, or teaching myself to write code.
- Studying
- History & Hindi
- At
- Motilal Nehru College, University of Delhi
- Degree
- B.A. Programme, expected 2027
- Next
- Postgraduate study in history
01
Fields of inquiry
I would rather follow a question across disciplines than stay inside one.
- 01History & CivilizationsIndian and global history — how societies were organised, what people believed, and how accounts of the past come to be argued over.
- 02Philosophy & Critical ThinkingReasoning from first principles, Indian philosophical traditions, and the habit of examining a claim before accepting it.
- 03Society & AnthropologyHuman civilizations, belief, behaviour and psychology — why people live, think and organise the way they do.
- 04Science & TechnologyHow the world physically works, and how tools — from the printing press to the microcontroller — change what people can do.
- 05Literature & CinemaHindi literature and sher-o-shayari, novels and essays, and cinema as a way of telling — and arguing about — human experience.
- 06Politics & International RelationsGeography, geopolitics and ideology — and the biases that shape how events are reported and remembered.
02
Newtonian OS
A personal framework: three dimensions that have to grow together.
I
Knowledge
Understanding that connects — first principles, historical context, careful examination of claims, and learning across disciplines.
II
Skills
The ability to do — built through projects, experiments and practice, and occasionally proven by a credential.
III
Character
The reason to use the other two well — integrity, humility, curiosity, discipline, kindness, courage, independent thought.
03
Selected work
- 2019Light PollutionInternational Journal of Science and Research (IJSR)Paper
- 2025Media Cell, Motilal Nehru CollegeFounding team · Social Media Head & Creative Department HeadVisual communication
- 2026Opportunity PiDesigned, directed and operated by me; much of the code written with AI coding assistantsAI-assisted
- CollegeShort film on discrimination against womenScriptwriter, co-director and actorFilm
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Currently
Updated 7 November 2026
- Studying
- Third-year B.A. papers in History and Hindi
- O Level (IT), NIELIT — remaining modules
- Reading
- [to be added by Newton]
- Building
- This website, self-hosted on a Raspberry Pi
- Opportunity Pi, a notice tracker for jobs and exams
- Researching
- [to be added by Newton]
- Exploring
- Arduino and embedded C
- Global history as a discipline