The freedom of unstructured open space
- Purnendu Ghosh
- Dec 23, 2025
- 1 min read
Loneliness is not merely the absence of people; it is the absence of receptive presence.
The lonely person indeed looks for someone to share feelings with. But the paradox is this: one can have many listeners and still be lonely, and one can have very few and feel held.
That is where adda becomes important. The adda joint was never just a physical space; it was a psychological refuge. It allowed emotions to spill without demanding resolution.
Home, often demands roles, whereas adda allows suspension of identity.
Some say, the culture of adda is receding. If the culture of adda is receding, it may not simply be because people are coming closer to their families. It may be because families have become more efficient but less porous, more connected digitally but less available emotionally.
Perhaps adda is not disappearing; perhaps it is migrating into fleeting online exchanges, private messages, or solitary walks where one conducts an internal adda with remembered voices.
Adda is a place where a thought is shared, not for a solution, but to be kept alive. The freedom of unstructured open space is often preferred to the order of structured closed spaces.



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