Storysurf. Ride Your Wave.

On our screens are jokes, good-morning messages, propaganda, news, fake news, groups, catch-ups, opinions, deadlines. We are protagonists in a reality show where technology is being used to manipulate psychology. We are all victims of the absence of context, backgrounds and stories. Yes, stories. 

As social media makes us all aspire to the same Instagram lives, we see our humanity at odds with society’s expectations of us. As we try harder to fit in, we become cogs that simply help the world go around. And this leaves all of us, especially the current social media generation, feeling a void. A void that needs to be filled with humanity. 

Where is this humanity? In stories. Because the one thing that differentiates us from all the species around us is our ability to understand, tell and live stories. 

And that's why, Storysurf is a place to read simple, snackable stories.  Because it’s by reading stories that we go from merely gaining information to gaining perspective. After all, opinions are the lowest form of knowledge; stories are the simplest form of wisdom. We need to read stories so we don’t judge our black-and-white versions, but learn to accept our greys. Not to get smarter, but become humbler. Not to comment; but introspect. 

Storysurf wasn't born from some gap in the market, but from a conscious realisation that we need to get back in touch with our humanity. Storysurf is a place to read snackable stories that celebrate everything that makes us human – our emotions, shared experiences, the unexplained myths, love, insecurities, relationships, sacrifices. Everything that makes us, us. It’s a place to think. It’s a place to understand, to introspect and to just be. 

Storysurf is an antidote to social media. It’s fodder; not a drug. It’s a serotonin boost; not a dopamine hit. 

It's not a day job. It's a not a side-gig. It's not a venture. It's not a business. It's just a labour of love. At least, as of now. 

Storysurf works with young writers to take them from self-published social-media writers to published authors. On the other hand, Storysurf takes readers from 'I wish I read more' to 'OMG, I read now'. 

In the entrepreneurship world full of hares, Storysurf is the tortoise. It has over 100K+ downloads and a readership in 26 countries across the world. It’s a space to read and write, for writing’s sake, for thinking’s sake, for our sake. We need one, for god’s sake.